Perching duck

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The term perching ducks is used colloquially to mean any species of ducks distinguished by their readiness to perch high in trees.

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Until the late 19th century, perching ducks meant the Cairinini, a tribe of ducks in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae, grouped together on the basis of their readiness to perch high in trees. The grouping has since been shown to be paraphyletic and their apparent similarities result from convergent evolution, with the different members more closely related to various other ducks than to each other. [1] Some authors still adhere to the former taxonomy, retaining species like muscovy duck and wood duck within Cairinini. [2] [3] [4]

Former members of the perching ducks have been suggested to be members, or close relatives, of other subfamilies. Species that were formerly in the Cairinini tribe (and their suggested current taxa) include:

Notes

  1. ↑ Most taxonomists split an additional species, the Comb duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola) from S. melanotos. [9] Presumably, S. sylvicola shares the clade(s) of its congener.

References

  1. ↑ Livezey, Bradley C. (1986). "A phylogenetic analysis of recent anseriform genera using morphological characters". Auk . 103 (4): 737–754. doi:10.1093/auk/103.4.737.
  2. ↑ Johnsguard, Paul A. (2010). "Chapter 10: Perching Ducks, Tribe Cairinini". Waterfowl of North America. pp. 161–180.
  3. ↑ British Waterfowl Association (2024). "True Ducks".
  4. ↑ West, Aaron K.; Xu, Emily M.; Nelson, Mitchell D.; Hart, Thomas R.; Stricker, Emilia M.; Cones, Alexandra G.; Martin, Grace M.; Strickland, Kourtney; Lambert, Devin L.; Burman, Lainey; Zhu, Bailey H.; Schneider, Eve R. (2022). "Quantitative evaluation of tactile foraging behavior in Pekin and Muscovy Ducks". Frontiers in Psychology. 13 921657.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carboneras, Carles (1992). "Family Anatidae". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1. Lynx Edicions. pp. 528–628.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Chatterji, Ray; Heath, Tracy A.; James, Helen F.; Hofman, Courtney; Sorenson, Michael D.; Buckner, Janet C. (2024). "Dietary specialization drives adaptation, convergence, and integration across the cranial and appendicular skeleton in Waterfowl (Anseriformes)". bioRxiv.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Liu, Gang; Zhou, Lizhi; Li, Bo; Zhang, Lili (2014). "The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Aix galericulata and Tadorna ferruginea: Bearings on Their Phylogenetic Position in the Anseriformes". PLoS One. 9 (11) e109701.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Kevin P. & Sorenson, Michael D. (1999). "Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence" (PDF). Auk . 116 (3): 792–805. doi:10.2307/4089339. JSTOR   4089339.
  9. ↑ Eitniear, J. C., J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.comduc3.01
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kizildağ, Sibel; Durmuş, Atilla (2024). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Taxa in The Anatidae Family Using Three Mitochondrial Gene Sequences". Eurasian Journal of Zoology. 1 (2): 26–33.
  11. ↑ Sraml, M.; Christidis, L.; Easteal, S.; Horn, P. & Collet, C. (1996). "Molecular Relationships Within Australasian Waterfowl (Anseriformes)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 44 (1): 47–58. doi:10.1071/ZO9960047.
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