CaRMS name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Schelde)
Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Dobson, A. F. (2002). A Birdwatching Guide to Bermuda. Arlequin Press, Chelmsford, Essex, 173 pp. [details]
basis of record
Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source
Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source
Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source
Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
From other sources
Description Length: 37-41 cm. Plumage: Breeding male vermiculated grey flanks, dark back, mottled brown breast; Head, neck and breast dark chestnut brown with paler mottling on breast and cheeks; bold white eyebrow stripe from above eye to nape; wing blue-grey, primaries darker, speculum green with white trailing edge above. Female and eclipse male brown with wide pale edges to feathers giving mottled appearance; distinctive white eyebrow and white loral patch; speculum green; belly white in all plumages. Immature like female but with spotted belly. Bare parts: iris dark or umber brown, grey in immature; bill black or grey; feet and legs dull olive grey. Habitat: rare on coastal waters of Red Sea, prefers inland water bodies.<388><391><393> [details]
Dimensions Length: 15 1/2" (39 cm) [details]
Distribution North America; Oceania; accidental from Eurasia; many records from Maritimes and East Coast as well as inland [details]
Reproduction Breeds in Europe [details]
From editor or global species database
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