Opinions from H. Howard 1946

  • 'Aechmophorus belongs to Colymbiformes'
  • 'Aechmophorus lucasi belongs to Aechmophorus' according to Miller 1911
  • 'Aechmophorus lucasi is recombined as Aechmophorus occidentalis lucasi'
  • 'Anas acuta belongs to Anas'
  • 'Anas albeola is recombined as Charitonetta albeola'
  • 'Anas americana is recombined as Mareca americana'
  • 'Anas bernicla is recombined as Branta bernicla'
  • 'Anas canadensis is recombined as Branta canadensis'
  • 'Anas carolinensis belongs to Anas' according to Gmelin 1789
  • 'Anas carolinensis belongs to Anas'
  • 'Anas clypeata is recombined as Spatula clypeata'
  • 'Anas collaris is recombined as Nyroca collaris'
  • 'Anas cyanoptera belongs to Anas' according to Viellot 1816
  • 'Anas cyanoptera belongs to Anas'
  • 'Anas hyperboreus belongs to Anas' according to Pallas 1769
  • 'Anas hyperboreus is recombined as Chen hyperborea'
  • 'Anas platyrhynchos belongs to Anas'
  • 'Anser albifrons belongs to Anser' according to Scopoli 1769
  • 'Anser condoni is a subjective synonym of Sthenelides paloregonus'
  • 'Anser hypsibata belongs to Anser' according to Cope 1878
  • 'Anser hypsibata is recombined as Branta hypsibata'
  • 'Ardea herodias belongs to Ardea'
  • 'Ardea lentiginosa belongs to Ardea' according to Rackett 1813
  • 'Ardea lentiginosa is recombined as Botaurus lentiginosus'
  • 'Branta propinqua belongs to Branta'
  • 'Carbo auritus is recombined as Phalacrocorax auritus'
  • 'Chen rossii belongs to Chen' according to Cassin 1861
  • 'Chen rossii belongs to Chen'
  • 'Colymbus parvus belongs to Colymbus'
  • 'Colymbus podiceps is recombined as Podilymbus podiceps'
  • 'Cygnus buccinator belongs to Cygnus'
  • 'Cygnus matthewi belongs to Cygnus' according to Shufeldt 1913
  • 'Cygnus matthewi is a subjective synonym of Sthenelides paloregonus'
  • 'Cygnus paloregonus is recombined as Sthenelides paloregonus'
  • 'Falco oregonus belongs to Falco'
  • 'Fuligula americana is recombined as Nyroca americana'
  • 'Graculus macropus is recombined as Phalacrocorax macropus'
  • 'Mareca belongs to Anatidae'
  • 'Pelecanus erythrorhynchos belongs to Pelecanus' according to Gmelin 1789
  • 'Pelecanus erythrorhynchos belongs to Pelecanus'
  • 'Phoenicopterus copei belongs to Phoenicopterus'
  • 'Podiceps nigricollis is recombined as Colymbus nigricollis'
  • 'Podiceps occidentalis is recombined as Aechmophorus occidentalis'
  • 'Stercorarius shufeldti belongs to Stercorarius'
  • 'Sterna nigra is recombined as Chlidonias nigra'
  • 'Sthenelides belongs to Anseriformes'