Bucephala
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| Taxonomía | ||
| Reino: | Animalia | |
| Filo: | Chordata | |
| Clase: | Aves | |
| Orden: | Anseriformes | |
| Familia: | Anatidae | |
| Subfamilia: | Merginae | |
| Género: |
Bucephala S.F. Baird, 1858[1] | |
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Bucephala es un género de aves anseriformes de la familia Anatidae conocidas vulgarmente como porrones. Son propias del Hemisferio Norte. Poseen plumajes blancos y negros, y se alimentan de crustáceos, moluscos y peces.
Taxonomía
Se reconocen tres especies vivas:[1]
- Bucephala clangula - porrón osculado;
- Bucephala islandica - porrón islándico;
- Bucephala albeola - porrón albeola.
Los taxones fósiles conocidos son:
- Bucephala cereti (Sajóvölgyi Mioceno medio de Mátraszõlõs, Hungría - Plioceno tardío de Chilhac, Francia)
- Bucephala ossivalis (Mioceno tardío, Plioceno temprano de Bone Valley, EE. UU.)
- Bucephala fossilis (Plioceno tardío de California, EE. UU.)
- Bucephala angustipes (Pleistoceno temprano de Centroeuropa)
- Bucephala sp. (Pleistoceno temprano de Dursunlu, Turquía: Louchart et al. 1998)
Referencias
- Louchart, Antoine; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Guleç, Erksin; Howell, Francis Clark & White, Tim D. (1998): L'avifaune de Dursunlu, Turquie, Pléistocène inférieur: climat, environnement et biogéographie. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris IIA 327(5): 341-346. [French with English abridged version] doi 10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80053-0 (HTML abstract)
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