Editing Tufted duck (section)

==Taxonomy==
The tufted duck was [[Species description|formally described]] in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Anas fuligula''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=128 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727033 }}</ref> He cited the Swiss naturalist [[Conrad Gessner]] who in 1555 had used the identical name ''Anas fuligula'' in his ''[[Historia animalium (Gessner book)|Historiae animalium]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last=Gesner | first=Conrad | author-link=Conrad Gessner | title=Historiae animalium liber III qui est de auium natura. Adiecti sunt ab initio indices alphabetici decem super nominibus auium in totidem linguis diuersis: & ante illos enumeratio auium eo ordiné quo in hoc volumine continentur | year=1555 | publisher= Froschauer | location=Zurich | language=Latin | page=116 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52660998 }}<!--Linnaeus appears to have cited a different edition.--></ref> Linnaeus specified the [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] as Europe but in 1761 restricted it to Sweden.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1761 | title=Fauna svecica, sistens animalia sveciae regni mammalia, aves amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes | edition=2nd | location=Stockholmiae | publisher=Sumtu & Literis Direct. Laurentii Salvii | language=Latin | page=47 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32170516 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=486 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109126 }}</ref> The tufted duck is now one of 12 species placed in the [[genus]] ''[[Aythya]]'' that was introduced in 1822 by the German naturalist [[Friedrich Boie]].<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=December 2023 | title=Screamers, ducks, geese & swans | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waterfowl/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=1 July 2024 }}</ref> The genus name is from [[Ancient Greek]] ''aithuia'', an unidentified seabird mentioned by [[Aristotle]], [[Hesychius of Miletus|Hesychius]] and other authors. The specific epithet ''fuligula'' combines [[Latin]] meaning "soot" and ''gula'' meaning "throat".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n64/mode/1up 64], [https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n165/mode/1up 165]}}</ref> The species is [[monotypic]]: no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc/> An alternative common name is "tufted pochard".<ref name=hbw>{{ cite book | last=Carboneras | first=Carles | year=1992 | chapter=Family Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans) | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World | volume=1: Ostrich to Ducks | location=Barcelona, Spain | publisher=Lynx Edicions | isbn=84-87334-10-5 | pages=536–628 [618] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0001unse/page/618/mode/1up | chapter-url-access=registration }}</ref>