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  A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF RECENT ANSERIFORM GENERA USING MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), tra- ditionally placed in the "Cairinini" (Delacour and Mayr 1945, Johnsgard 1978), appears to be an early branch of the shelducks.
In addition, the enlarged, uniquely distally directed meta- carpal I of Sarkidiornis, a character complex herein considered to incorporate two aspects [orientation (41) and length (42)], proved dif- ficult to characterize.
Perhaps Sarkidiornis branched immediately before Cairina or, alter- natively, after Plectropterus but before the di- vergence of the shelducks from other "ana- tines." Three problematic genera--Hymenolaimus, Merganetta, and Tachyeres--comprise a highly derived clade of shelducks (Figs.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v103n04/p0737-p0754.html   (16781 words)

  
 Birds of India - Comb Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos - Birding in India - Avifauna - Birders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Birds of India - Comb Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos - Birding in India - Avifauna - Birders
Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) is a widespread breeding resident in India.
Locally called Nakta, this bird is found in large freshwater wetlands.
www.birding.in /birds/Anseriformes/Anatidae/comb_duck.htm   (95 words)

  
 Comb Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos - ANSERIFORMES - Birds of Haryana - North India - Bird watching - Twitching
Comb Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos - ANSERIFORMES - Birds of Haryana - North India - Bird watching - Twitching
(Sarkidiornis melanotos) is a scarce breeding resident in Haryana.
Locally called Nukta, this bird is found in large wetlands.
www.haryana-online.com /Fauna/Birds/comb_duck.htm   (103 words)

  
 phorum - BirdingPeru - [Birdingperu] Sarkidiornis melanotos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
INRENA is making the annual hunt calendari for wild birds, and exists emptinesses of information in some species.
For what it's worth I have only one sighting of Sarkidiornis melanotos in Peru: 8 on rice fields near Olmos 3 June 2002.
En los meses de Setiembre y Octubre del 2005 en "Laguna los Patos" en la provincia de Sullana, se observaron 80 indivuidos de Sarkidiornis melanotos.
www.surfbirds.com /phorum/read.php?f=114&i=350&t=350   (2678 words)

  
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I climbed up the new watchtower near the sanctuary entrance, and from there got a better view of the small area of open water.
It was pretty distant but I could ID some ducks, including a small group of Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos).
2 Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus 3 Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica 4 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 5 Garganey Anas querquedula 6 Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 7 Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense 8 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 9 European Roller Coracias garrulus Single bird.
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 Stock Photo of Knobbilled Duck; female; sarkidiornis melanotos; South Africa
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