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 Aythya

Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aythya*	Boie, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fuligula affinis*	Eyton, 1838	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lille bjergand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine topper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: lesser scaup sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: kleine Bergente; Veilchenente sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Russian: чернеть малая морская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Turkish: küçük dalgıç ördek

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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	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	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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).