Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Peter E. Lowther
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 15, 2010
Text last updated October 15, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черноглава потапница |
| Catalan | ànec capnegre |
| Czech | kachnice černohlavá |
| Danish | Snylteand |
| Dutch | Koekoekseend |
| English | Black-headed Duck |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Duck |
| Finnish | loissorsa |
| French | Hétéronette à tête noire |
| French (France) | Hétéronette à tête noire |
| German | Kuckucksente |
| Icelandic | Gaukönd |
| Japanese | ズグロガモ |
| Norwegian | gjøkand |
| Polish | pasożytka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | marreca-de-cabeça-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Marreca-de-cabeça-preta |
| Russian | Черноголовая утка |
| Serbian | Patagonska crnoglava patka |
| Slovak | zanášavka čiernohlavá |
| Spanish | Pato Rinconero |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pato Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pato rinconero |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Pato cabeza negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pato rinconero |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pato Cabeza Negra |
| Swedish | svarthuvad and |
| Turkish | Guguk Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка чорноголова |
Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Anas atricapilla
Merrem, 1841. Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alphabetischer Folge von genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgeben von J.S. Ersch und J.G. Gruber sect.1, no.35, p.26.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Buenos Aires.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HETERONETTA
- atricapilla
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Introduction
The Black-headed Duck is a small, teal-sized duck found in temperate South America. This species is unique among ducks in that it is an obligate brood parasite. In its interactions with its host species, Black-headed Ducks procure the services of incubation from the host; as a precocial species, parental care provided newly-hatched ducklings is minimal since Black-headed Duck young soon leave host broods.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-headed Duck
