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Cape Teal/Anatra del Capo

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Cape Teal/Anatra del Capo

Anas capensis Gmelin, JF 1789

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

Anas capensis Gmel.

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel": "A male specimen was shot in a saltwater marsh on a Mr Hoet's property in Simons Bay. Rarer than Thalassiornis leuconotus. Zlbr. [Zelebor]" (p. 138).

References

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel", p. 138.

J. F. Gmelin (ed. by), Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, etc., Lipsiae [Leipzig], impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, 1788-1793, ed. 13, 3 vols., vol. I, pt. 2, p. 527.

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=25DA0F41

Details

State of
preservation 

Good

Collection
date

2-26 October 1857

Collection 
place

Cape of Good Hope

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

A3021

Dimension
(cm)

29x25x27 cm

IUCN index

Lower risk

State of
preservation 

Anoniem  

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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