Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Anas

Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AnasLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: gërxhola; gërzhola; gëzhollja; grzholla; kërrkërrja; rosa kërre sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: krikand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: wintertaling
 English: common teal; Eurasian teal; green -winged teal; green-winged teal; teal sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Bermuda Biodiversity Database
 French: sarcelle d'hiver sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Krickente; Kriekente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ευρωπαϊκό Κιρκίρι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: שרשיר sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: alzavola sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: コガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: rudagalvė kryklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: krikkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: krikkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: krikkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: cyraneczka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: raţa mică; raţă mică sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: или малый чирок; или чирок половой; чирок-свистунок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: praslacha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: kreheljc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: cerceta común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: kricka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: camurcun; çamurcun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Чирянка мала sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: corhwyaden

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158943

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a9b0b84d-075c-4954-be69-c60f64d87291

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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