Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Anas

Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AnasLinnaeus, 1758accepted 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.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): stokkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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.
 English-United States: Mallard sources: Charles Hussey
 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.
 Gaelic: mallard sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Galician: Mallard
 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
 Irish: Mallard sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Israel (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
 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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125
 Norwegian Nynorsk: stokkand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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.

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

Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.

additional source

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

additional source

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

additional source

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.

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.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (423 publications)
Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
GenBank (312372 nucleotides; 18132 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148791

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96502

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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