Talk:Mariana Mallard
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FWIE claims that the first description was in Bonaparte's Consp. Gen. Avium vol. 2 (as a variant of the mallard). I can find no such reference: strangely, the entire Anseriformes seems to be missing from the Gallica copy, but as they are not in the index either and the page numbers are in accord with the bibliographic references, the issue is completely muddy. But as they explicitly state that the page is a draft and may hold incorrect information... they are certainly wrong about Hartert placing the MM as mallard subspecies. He explicitly states, "...wyvilliana of Hawaii, laysanensis of Laysan and oustaleti of the Marianne [sic] Islands. The latter three species [my emphasis] are evidently rather recent derivatives of the mallard, A. platyrhynchos...".
But still: Bonaparte's work lacking the entire Anseriformes seems too weird to be true. Dysmorodrepanis 16:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Ah, I see: Bonaparte died before he got around to doing the ducks. Consider the matter settled. Maybe some other paper by Bonaparte tho. Dysmorodrepanis 05:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
As I learned the Mariana Mallard is only a hybrid of two other species: of the Anas plythyrhynchos ans A. superciliosa.
