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Sibirionetta

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Genus of birds

Sibirionetta
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Tribe: Anatini
Genus: Sibirionetta
Boetticher, 1758
Species

Sibirionetta is a genus of dabbling duck which contains two species, an extant species Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa) and the fossil species Sibirionetta formozovi from the early Pleistocene of Baikalian Siberia.

References

  1. Zelenkov, N.; Palastrova, E.; Martynovich, N.; Klementlev, A.; Sizov, A.; Volkova, N. (2023). "A tiny duck (Sibirionetta formozovi sp. nov.), a giant grey partridge (Titanoperdix felixi gen. et sp. nov.), a new rail (Porzana payevskyi sp. nov.), and other birds from the Early Pleistocene of Baikalian Siberia". Biological Communications. 68 (4): 261–272. doi:10.21638/spbu03.2023.406.
Taxon identifiers
Sibirionetta
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