Amazonetta

Amazonetta
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent
Brazilian teal (Amazonetta braziliensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Genus: Amazonetta
Boetticher, 1929
Species

Amazonetta is a genus of ducks that contains two species, an extant species, the Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis) and the fossil species Amazonetta cubensis from the late Pleistocene of Cuba. [1]

References

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  1. ^ Zelenkov, N. (2025). "A new duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Cuba". Zootaxa. 5633 (1): 139–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.7.