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Sibirionetta

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Sibirionetta
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Tribe: Anatini
Genus: Sibirionetta
Boetticher, 1758
Species

Sibirionetta is a genus of dabbling duck which contains two species, an extant species Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa) and the fossil species Sibirionetta formozovi from the early Pleistocene of Baikalian Siberia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zelenkov, N.; Palastrova, E.; Martynovich, N.; Klementlev, A.; Sizov, A.; Volkova, N. (2023). "A tiny duck (Sibirionetta formozovi sp. nov.), a giant grey partridge (Titanoperdix felixi gen. et sp. nov.), a new rail (Porzana payevskyi sp. nov.), and other birds from the Early Pleistocene of Baikalian Siberia". Biological Communications. 68 (4): 261–272. doi:10.21638/spbu03.2023.406.