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 Aix

Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aix*	Boie, 1828	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas sponsa*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Carolina-eend sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: wood duck sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: canard branchu sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Brautente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Russian: каролинская утка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Каролінка

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.