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Comb Duck

Sarkidiornis sylvicola Ihering, HFA; Ihering, R 1907

The comb duck or American comb duck, is an unusual duck, found in tropical wetlands in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina, and as a vagrant on Trinidad. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Sarkidiornis
Scientific:
  Sarkidiornis sylvicola

Original description

Citation:
  Ihering, HFA; Ihering, R 1907

Reference:
   Cat. Fauna Brazil. (Mus. Paulista) 1 p.72,408

Protonym:
  Sarkidiornis sylvicola

Type locality:
  Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12665504

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6C8A4060DCC4781D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6C8A4060

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6C8A4060

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 714755

Geographic range:

  • Sarkidiornis sylvicola: tropical South America (east of the Andes) to northern Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Comb Duck
Catalan:
Ànec bec-crestat americà
Czech:
Pižmovka jihoamerická
Danish:
Amerikansk Knopgås
German:
Höckerschnabelente
Spanish:
Pato crestudo americano
Spanish (Spain):
Pato crestudo americano
French:
Canard sylvicole
Croatian:
crnoboka patka
Hungarian:
Újvilági bütykös fényréce
Italian:
Anatra del pettine
Japanese:
アメリカコブガモ
Dutch:
Amerikaanse Knobbeleend
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kjølnebband
Norwegian:
Kjølnebband
Polish:
dziwonos czarnoboczny
Portuguese:
pato-de-crista
Portuguese (Brazil):
pato-de-crista
Portuguese (Portugal):
pato-de-carúncula-americano
Russian:
Шишконосая утка
Slovak:
hrebenatka hrbozobá
Serbian:
Američka češljasta patka
Swedish:
kamand
Ukrainian:
качка американська
Chinese:
美洲瘤鸭
Chinese (Traditional):
南美瘤鴨

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Comb Duck (South American) ( Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
American Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sarkidiornis carunculata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
American Comb-Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
American Comb-Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Comb Duck ( Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sarkidiornis sylvicola [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Sarkidiornis [melanotos or sylvicola] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Amerikaanse knobbeleend
Catalan: Ànec bec-crestat americà, Ànec bec-crestat sudamericà
Czech: Pižmovka jihoamerická
Danish: Amerikansk Knopgås
German: Höckerglanzente, Höckerschnabelente, Südamerikanische Höckerglansgans
English: American Comb Duck, American Comb-Duck, American Duck, Comb Duck, Comb Duck (South American), Neotropical Comb-Duck, South american comb duck, South American Comb-Duck
English, HBW: American Comb Duck
English (IOC): Comb Duck
English (Kenya): Comb Duck, Knob-billed Duck (South American)
English (United States): Comb Duck
Esperanto: Kombilanaso
Spanish: Pato Crestudo, Pato Crestudo (sylvicola), Pato crestudo americano, Pato Crestudo Sudamericano
Spanish (Argentine): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Chile): Pato crestudo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Ecuador): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Spain): Pato Crestudo (sylvicola), Pato crestudo americano
Spanish (HBW): Comb Duck (South American)
Spanish (Panama): Pato Crestudo, Pato Crestudo (sylvicola)
Spanish (Peru): Pato Crestudo Americano
Spanish (Paraguay): Pato ganso
Spanish (Uruguay): Pato Crestudo, Pato Crestudo (sylvicola)
Spanish (Venezuela): Pato de Monte
French: Canard à bosse (sylvicola), Canard sylvicole, Sarcidiome à crète, Sarcidiorne à bosse (Amérique du Sud), Sarcidiorne sylvicole
French (AOU): Canard à bosse (Amérique du Sud)
Frisian: Amerikaanske kaamein
Galician: Pato carunculado americano
Croatian: crnoboka patka
Hungarian: Újvilági bütykös fényréce
Italian: Anatra del pettine
Japanese (romaji): kobugamo (sylvicola)
Japanese: アメリカコブガモ, コブガモ (sylvicola)
Scientific: Anas carunculata, Sarkidiornis carunculata, Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvatica, Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola, Sarkidiornis sylvicola, Sarkidiornis sylvicola carunculata, Sarkidiornis sylvicola sylvicola
Dutch: Amerikaanse Knobbeleend, Comb duck, Knobbeleend (Zuid-Amerikaans), Pronk eend
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjølnebband
Norwegian: Kamand, kamand (sylvicola), Kjølnebband
Polish: dziwonos czarnoboczny
Portuguese: pato-argentino, pato-bravo, pato-cachamorro, pato-castelhano, pato-da-Cayena, Pato-de-carúncula, pato-de-crista, pato-do-mato, pato-ganso, paturi, putrião
Portuguese (Brazil): pato-argentino, pato-bravo, pato-cachamorro, pato-castelhano, pato-da-Cayena, pato-de-crista, pato-de-crista (sylvicola), pato-do-mato, pato-ganso, paturi, putrião
Portuguese (Portugal): pato-de-carúncula-americano
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca dal bot
Romanian: Raţă pieptene
Russian: Лесная утка, Шишконосая утка
Slovak: hrebenatka hrbozobá
Slovenian: Grbasta raca
Serbian: Američka češljasta patka
Swedish: kamand
Turkish: Amerika Taraklı Kazı, Komp ördeği, Taraklı ördek
Ukrainian: Качка (шишкодзьоба) американська, качка американська
Chinese: 美洲瘤鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 南美瘤鴨

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