Sarkidiornis

Sarkidiornis
Comb duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Subfamily:	Tadorninae
Genus:	Sarkidiornis Eyton, 1838

Sarkidiornis is a genus within the family Anatidae. Sarkidiornis is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (S. melanotos), a cosmopolitan species. Most taxonomic authorities^[who?], however, split the species into two:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Knob-billed duck	Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Southern Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China
	Sarkidiornis sylvicola	Comb duck	eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina

References

• https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175243#null ITIS reference

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Genera of waterfowl and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Neognathae Superorder: Galloanserae
Avemetatarsalia see Avemetatarsalia Theropoda see Theropoda Maniraptora see Maniraptora Anserimorphae see below↓

Anserimorphae
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Anatidae
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