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 platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kuqëla; rosa e egër; rosa e vendit; rosa jeshile 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: gråand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: wilde eend sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: mallard sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

French: canard colvert sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

German: Stockente sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Πρασινοκέφαλη πάπια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: ברכייה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: germano reale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: マガモ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: didžioji antis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: stokkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: stokkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: stokkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: krzyżówka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: raţa mare; raţă mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или крыженъ; или кряковная утка; кряква sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: mallard sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mlakarica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ánade azulón sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gräsand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: yeşilbaş sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крижень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hwyaden wyllt

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basis of record	Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
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