Genus Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dendrocygna Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [365].

  Type species:

   Anas arcuta Horsfield, 1824 by subsequent designation, see Eyton, T.C. 1838. A Monograph on the Anatidae or Duck Tribe. London : Longman. [28].
• Dendronessa Wagler, 1832.
• Dendrocycna Sclater, 1880.
• Dendrocycna Agassiz, 1846.
• Dendrocygnus Swainson, 1838.
• Leptotarsis Eyton, T.C. 1838. A Monograph on the Anatidae or Duck Tribe. London : Longman. [29].

  Type species:

   Leptotarsis eytoni Eyton, 1838 by subsequent designation.
• Ctenanas Mathews, G.M. 1914. Additions and corrections to my List of the Birds of Australia. Austral Avian Records 2(5): 83-107 [Date published 24 Sep 1914] [90].
• Stagonocygna Boetticher, H. Von 1949. Zur Systematik der "Baumenten" oder Pfeigänse. Vogel. Krefeld : Goecke and Evers pp. [24].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	30-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		08-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)