Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Carolina Wood Duck)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAix sponsa (Carolina Wood Duck)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Wood Duck

Aix sponsa (Carolina Wood Duck) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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