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Cygnus melancoryphus  (Molina, 1782)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174991

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cygnus melanocorypha (Molina, 1782)
  
    Cygnus melanocoryphus (Molina, 1782)
  
    Anas melancorypha Molina, 1782
  
  Common Name(s): Black-necked Swan [English]
  
    Cygne à cou noir [French]
  
    Cisne cuellinegro [Spanish]
  
    cisne-de-pescoço-preto [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderAnseriformes  – Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl, canards, cygnes, oies, sauvagine  
                            FamilyAnatidae Leach, 1820 – Ducks, Geese, Swans, canards, cygnes, oies  
                               GenusCygnus Garsault, 1764  
                                  SpeciesCygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782) – Black-necked Swan, Cygne à cou noir, Cisne cuellinegro, cisne-de-pescoço-preto  
       

 References
       
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  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus, Black-necked Swan [English], Cygne à cou noir [French], cisne-de-pescoço-preto [Portuguese], Cisne cuellinegro [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.12.10, website (version 10-Dec-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): David, Normand, and Michel Gosselin   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Gender agreement of avian species names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 122, no. 1   
  Page(s): 14-49   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-1595   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus, Black-necked Swan [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cygnus melancoryphus, Black-necked Swan [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: See comments in David & Gosselin (2002) and on Zoonomen website regarding the orthography of this species  
 

 

    


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