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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Genus SARKIDIORNIS

Genus SARKIDIORNIS.

Sarkidiornis Eyton., Monogr. Anatidse, pp. 20,102 (1838).

Type by mon., Anser melanotus Pennant.

The genus Sarkidiornis differs from all other Indian genera in having a spur on the shoulder of the wing, a feature which was formerly considered of sufficient importance to constitute the genus into a family by itself. The bill is of moderate length,, furnished in the male with a fleshy knob on the base, which becomes greatly swollen in the breeding-season (see fig. 69); the tail of twelve feathers is long and graduated; the lower end of the trachea is expanded on one side only; the hind toe is narrowly lobed.

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 SARKIDIORNIS
Book Author: 
Edward Charles Stuart Baker
Year: 
1929
Page No: 
385
M_ID: 
343
M_SN: 
Sarkidiornis
Volume: 
Vol. 6
Term name: 
id: 
5232

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