Sibirionetta Formosa Bird

Sibirionetta Formosa Bird

Sibirionetta Formosa Bird

English Name:  Baikal Teal
Latin Name:  Sibirionetta formosa
Protonym:  Anas formosa Bemerk.ReiseRuss.Reich p.168
Taxonomy:  Anseriformes / Anatidae / Sibirionetta
Taxonomy Code:  baitea
Type Locality:  Lake Baïcal.
Author:  Georgi
Publish Year:  1775
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SIBIRIONETTA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Baikal Teal S. formosa) Mod. L. Sibiria  Siberia  < Sibir, a former Tartar khanate; Gr. νηττα nētta  duck; "Sibirionetta subgen. nov.  generi Nettion Kaup simile: sed rostro fortiore latioreque, rectricibus semper quatuordecim, scapularibus non solum elongatis acuminatisque sed etiam multo longioribus.  Typus: S. formosa (Georgi)." (von Boetticher 1929).
Var. Sibironetta, Sibrionetta.

formosa
L. formosus  beautiful  < forma  beauty.
● ex “Lovely Finch” of Latham 1787 (Amandava).
● ex “Lindo bello” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 96 (syn. Tangara chloroptera).