WoRMS taxon details
Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
AphiaID: 212727
AphiaID: 212727
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Gruiformes (Order) > Heliornithidae (Family) > Podica (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Podica Lesson, 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Distribution | Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Length: male 51-65 cm; female 45-56 cm. Plumage: male with crown and neck greyish black to black with a green to blue iridescent wash; back dark brown with green gloss and spotted white; cheeks, throat and foreneck slaty blue; narrow white stripe from behind eye down sides of neck; belly white. Female browner without iridescence and with wider white stripe and white or buffy white foreneck. Immature like female but browner with few white spots and buff foreneck. Bare parts: iris reddish brown to brown; bill coral red with darker culmen, female duller with dark tit and culmen; feet and legs orange to orange-red, brown at back. Habitat: creeks and mangroves, wooded inland waters.<389><391><393> [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212727 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212727 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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