Genus EUNETTA.
Eunetta Bonaparte, Comp. Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, xliii, p. 650 (1856).
Type by orig. design Anas falcata Georgi.
In this genus the upper and lower tail-coverts in both sexes-are very long, extending beyond the tips of the rectrices.
In the male there is a thick, bushy nuchal crest and the innermost secondaries are greatly lengthened and sickle-shaped; the tail is of fourteen feathers.
The genus contains but one species, which is a frequent straggler into India.
BookTitle:
The Fauna Of British India, Including Ceylon And Burma-birds(second Edition)
Reference:
Baker, EC S (1922–1930) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Second edition. vol.6 1929.
Title in Book:
Genus EUNETTA
Year:
1929
Page No:
424
M_ID:
407
M_SN:
Anas
Volume:
Vol. 6
Term name:
id:
5269
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