Diving duck, the Glossary
The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water.[1]
Table of Contents
52 relations: Anatidae, Anatinae, Audubon, Aythya, Baer's pochard, Bird migration, Bufflehead, Canvasback, Common pochard, Convergent evolution, Cosmopolitan distribution, Cytochrome b, Duck, Eider, Estuary, Extinction, Family (biology), Ferruginous duck, Genus, Goldeneye (duck), Goose, Greater scaup, Hardhead, Lesser scaup, Long-tailed duck, Madagascar pochard, Marbled duck, Mergini, Mergus, Mitochondrial DNA, Monotypic taxon, Morphology (biology), NADH dehydrogenase, Netta, New Zealand scaup, Northern Hemisphere, Nucleic acid sequence, Ornithology (journal), Pink-headed duck, Protein subunit, Red-crested pochard, Redhead (bird), Ring-necked duck, Rosy-billed pochard, Scoter, Southern pochard, Subfamily, Swan, Trachea, Tufted duck, ... Expand index (2 more) »
- Aythyinae
- Diving ducks
Anatidae
The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans.
Anatinae
The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks).
Audubon
The National Audubon Society (Audubon) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats.
Aythya
Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. Diving duck and Aythya are Aythyinae and diving ducks.
Baer's pochard
Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri) is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. Diving duck and Baer's pochard are diving ducks.
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Bufflehead
The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes.
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Canvasback
The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America.
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Common pochard
The common pochard (Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard in the United Kingdom, is a medium-sized diving duck in the family Anatidae.
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Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
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Cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and environmental conditions, though this is not always so.
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Cytochrome b
Cytochrome b within both molecular and cell biology, is a protein found in the membranes of aerobic cells.
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Duck
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.
Eider
The eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.
Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Ferruginous duck
The ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), also known as ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard, is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurosiberia.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Goldeneye (duck)
Bucephala is a genus of diving ducks found in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Goose
A goose (geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae.
Greater scaup
The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup.
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Hardhead
The hardhead (Aythya australis), also known as the white-eyed duck, is the only true diving duck found in Australia.
Lesser scaup
The lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter.
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Long-tailed duck
The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) or coween, formerly known as the oldsquaw, is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Madagascar pochard
The Madagascar pochard or Madagascan pochard (Aythya innotata; Fotsy maso, Onjo) is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya.
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Marbled duck
The marbled duck or marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) is a medium-sized species of duck from southern Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia.
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Mergini
The sea ducks (Mergini) are a tribe of the duck subfamily of birds, the Anatinae.
Mergus
Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae.
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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NADH dehydrogenase
NADH dehydrogenase is an enzyme that converts nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) from its reduced form (NADH) to its oxidized form (NAD+).
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Netta
Netta is a genus of diving ducks. Diving duck and Netta are Aythyinae.
New Zealand scaup
The New Zealand scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae), also known as the black teal or pāpango in Māori, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya endemic to New Zealand.
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Nucleic acid sequence
A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of bases within the nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.
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Ornithology (journal)
Ornithology, formerly The Auk and The Auk: Ornithological Advances, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the American Ornithological Society (AOS).
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Pink-headed duck
The pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but has been feared extinct since the 1950s.
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Protein subunit
In structural biology, a protein subunit is a polypeptide chain or single protein molecule that assembles (or "coassembles") with others to form a protein complex.
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Red-crested pochard
The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) is a large diving duck.
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Redhead (bird)
The redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck.
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Ring-necked duck
The ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) is a diving duck from North America commonly found in freshwater ponds and lakes. Diving duck and ring-necked duck are diving ducks.
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Rosy-billed pochard
The rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), alternatively named rosybill or rosybill pochard, is a member of family Anatidae.
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Scoter
The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta.
Southern pochard
The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta.
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
Swan
Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae.
Trachea
The trachea (tracheae or tracheas), also known as the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi of the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all animals with lungs.
Tufted duck
The tufted duck (or tufted pochard) (Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck with a population of close to one million birds, found in northern Eurasia.
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Whistling duck
The whistling ducks or tree ducks are a subfamily, Dendrocygninae, of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae.
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White-winged duck
The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata) is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus Cairina with the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and allied with the dabbling ducks. Diving duck and white-winged duck are Aythyinae.
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See also
Aythyinae
- Aythya
- Diving duck
- Netta
- White-winged duck
Diving ducks
- Aythya
- Baer's pochard
- Diving duck
- Ring-necked duck
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_duck
Also known as Aythyinae, Aythyini, Diving ducks, Poachard.