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Aythya

  • Aythya

    Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.

    1/ Greater scaup (Vịt biển, Aythya marila), scaup in Europe, or "bluebill" in North America
    The epithet marila is from the Greek word for charcoal embers or coal dust.
    2/ Baer's pochard (Vịt đầu đen, Aythya baeri) 
    3/ Common pochard (Vịt đầu đỏ, Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard

    4/ Tufted duck or tufted pochard (Vịt mào, Aythya fuligula)
    The epithet is from Latin fuligo 'soot' and gula 'throat'.

    5/ Ferruginous duck (Vịt mặt trắng, Aythya nyroca), also known as ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard
    The epithet is from nyrok, the Russian name for a duck.

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