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 americana Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Amerikansk pibeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Amerikaanse smient sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: American wigeon; bald-pate sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Japanese: アメリカヒドリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: Amerikinė cyplė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: Amerika fiyusu; Amerika ıslıkçını sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: chwiwell America

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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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.