- Niceforo's Pintail
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Niceforo's Pintail Conservation status Extinct (1950s)Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Anas Species: A. georgica Subspecies: A. g. niceforoi Trinomial name Anas georgica niceforoi
Wetmore & Borrero, 1946Synonyms - Anas niceforoi
Niceforo's Pintail (Anas georgica niceforoi), is an extinct subspecies of the Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. One of three subspecies, it was found in central Colombia but became extinct in the 1950s, being last seen in 1952.[1]
Description
Niceforo’s Pintail was darker and richer in colouration than the nearest other subspecies, the Chilean Pintail A. g. spinicauda, with the head and neck more streaked, the crown dark brown and with a less pointed tail.[1][2]
Distribution
The former range of included subtropical and temperate zones of north-central Colombia, 1000-3000 m above sea level in the upper Cauca Valley, the central part of the Cordillera Oriental, the Bogota Savannah and Cundinamarca.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Anas georgica - Yellow-billed Pintail". Debra Bourne. Wildlife Information. http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/S/0AvAnserif/anatidae/1acravan_anas/anas_georgica/anas_georgica.html#Intraspecific. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ a b Blake, Emmet Reid (1977). Manual of Neotropical Birds: Spheniscidae (penguins) to Laridae (gulls and allies). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 236. ISBN 9780226056418.
Categories:- Anas
- Ducks
- Birds of South America
- Birds of Colombia
- Animals described in 1946
- Extinct birds
- Bird extinctions since 1500
- Anseriformes stubs
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