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Black-headed Duck

Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, B 1841)

The black-headed duck is a South American duck allied to the stiff-tailed ducks in the tribe Oxyurini of the family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus Heteronetta. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Heteronetta
Scientific:
  Heteronetta atricapilla

Original description

Citation:
  (Merrem, B 1841)

Reference:
   Allg. Encycl. Wiss. Künste [Ersch & Gruber] sect.1, no.35 p.26

Protonym:
  Anas atricapilla

Type locality:
  Buenos Aires.

Link:
  https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN351177612?tify={%22pages%22:[34],%22panX%22:0.526,%22panY%22:0.435,%22view%22:%22info%22,%22zoom%22:0.862}

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5ACD60F4D586B14B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5ACD60F4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5ACD60F4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175257

Geographic range:

  • Heteronetta atricapilla: Lowlands of s South America
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-headed Duck
Catalan:
Ànec capnegre
Czech:
kachnice černohlavá
Danish:
Snylteand
German:
Kuckucksente
Spanish:
Pato Rinconero
Spanish (Spain):
Pato Rinconero
Finnish:
loissorsa
French:
Hétéronette à tête noire
Croatian:
mrka čakora
Hungarian:
kakukkréce
Icelandic:
Gaukönd
Italian:
Gobbo testanera
Japanese (romaji):
zugurogamo
Japanese:
ズグロガモ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvė antis
Dutch:
Koekoekseend
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gaukand
Norwegian:
Gjøkand
Polish:
pasożytka
Portuguese:
marreca-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Brazil):
marreca-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal):
marrequinha-de-cabeça-preta
Russian:
Черноголовая утка
Slovak:
zanášavka čiernohlavá
Serbian:
Patagonska crnoglava patka
Swedish:
svarthuvad and
Ukrainian:
Качка чорноголова
Chinese:
黑头鸭
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頭鴨

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Hétéronette à tête noire ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Hétéronette à tête noire ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 1st edition:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2021:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2022:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2023:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 4th edition:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2015:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2016:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2017:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2018:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Clements, version 2019:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 1.50:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 1.52:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 1.53:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 1.54:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 1.55:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2015:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2016:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2017:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2018:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2019:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2021:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2022:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
eBird version 2023:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Heteronetta atricapilla
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Heteronetta atricapilla
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Heteronetta atricapilla
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-headed Duck ( Heteronetta atricapilla)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Heteronetta atricapilla
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Heteronetta atricapilla

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: qarabaş ördək
Bengali: কামরাভাথা ঴াুঁ঳ , হ঴টামযামনটা
Bengali (transliteration): hēṭārōnēṭā, kālōmāthā hām̐sa
Catalan: Ànec capnegre
Czech: Kachnice cernohlavá, kachnice černohlavá
Chuvash: хура пуçлă кăвакал
Danish: Snylteand
German: Kuckucksente, Kuckusente, Schwarzkopfente
English: Black headed Duck, Black-headed Duck
English, HBW: Black-headed Duck
English (IOC): Black-headed Duck
English (United States): Black-headed Duck
Esperanto: Kukolanaso, Nigrakapa anaso
Spanish: Pato cabeza negra, Pato rinconero, Pato sapo
Spanish (Argentine): Pato cabeza negra
Spanish (Bolivia): Pato cabeza negra
Spanish (Chile): Pato rinconero
Spanish (Spain): Pato Rinconero
Spanish (HBW): Black-headed Duck
Spanish (Paraguay): Pato cabeza negra
Spanish (Uruguay): Pato cabeza negra
Estonian: nugipart
Finnish: Loissorsa
French: Canard à tète noire, Canard à tête noire, Hétéronetta à tète noire, Hétéronette à tête noire
Guarani: Ype akâ hû
Hebrew: ברווז שחור ראש
Croatian: mrka čakora
Hungarian: kakukkréce
Icelandic: Gaukönd
Italian: Anatra dalla testa nera, Anatra testanera, Gobbo testanera
Japanese (romaji): zugurogamo
Japanese: ズグロガモ
Kazakh: қара басты үйрек, қарабaс үйрек
Kirghiz: кара бaштуу өрдөк
Scientific: Anas atricapilla, Anas melanocephala, Heteronetta atricapilla, Heteronetta atricapillus
Lithuanian: Juodagalvė antis
Dutch: Koekoekeend, Koekoekseend, Koekokeend
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gaukand
Norwegian: Gjøkand
Polish: pasozytka, pasożytka
Portuguese: marreca-de-cabeça-negra, Marreca-de-cabeca-preta, marreca-de-cabeça-preta, pato-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Brazil): Marreca de Cabeça Negra, marreca-de-cabeça-negra, marreca-de-cabeca-preta, Marreca-de-cabeça-preta, pato-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): Marreca-de-cabeça-preta, marrequinha-de-cabeça-preta
Russian: утка-кукушка, Черноголовая древесная утка, Черноголовая утка
Slovak: zanášavka ciernohlavá, zanášavka čiernohlavá
Serbian: Patagonska crnoglava patka
Swedish: Svarthuvad and
Turkish: Guguk Ördeği
Ukrainian: Качка чорноголова
Uzbek: қорабош ўрдак
Chinese: 黑头鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭鴨

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