White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)

About White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Anseriformes
• Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus Cairina with the Muscovy duck and allied with the dabbling ducks. However, mtDNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence analysis indicate that the anatomical similarity to the Muscovy duck is deceiving and that the species is appropriately placed in a monotypic genus, as Asarcornis scutulata, which is evolutionarily closer to the redhead.

Source: Wikipedia