Malacorhynchus

Malacorhynchus
	Pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Subfamily:	Anatinae
Genus:	Malacorhynchus; Swainson, 1831
Species
	Malacorhynchus membranaceus; †Malacorhynchus scarletti

Malacorhynchus is a genus of duck within the family Anatidae.[1] It was established in 1831 by English ornithologist William John Swainson, when he proposed moving the pink-eared duck into a subgenus (Malacorhynchus) based on unique characters of its beak and toes.[2] The genus contains one living and one extinct species.[1][3]

List of species

Pink-eared duck (M. membranaceus)[1]
†Scarlett's duck (M. scarletti) – extinct[3]

References

"Malacorhynchus Swainson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
Swainson, W. J. (1831). Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 2 (4): 18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Worthy, T. H. (January 1995). "Description of Some Post-cranial Bones of Malacorhynchus scarletti, a Large Extinct Pink-eared Duck from New Zealand". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 95 (1): 13–22.

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[ITIS-1] "Malacorhynchus Swainson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[Swainson-2] Swainson, W. J. (1831). Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 2 (4): 18. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Worthy-3] Worthy, T. H. (January 1995). "Description of Some Post-cranial Bones of Malacorhynchus scarletti, a Large Extinct Pink-eared Duck from New Zealand". Emu - Austral Ornithology. 95 (1): 13–22.