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

Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AnasLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): blåvingeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: blåvinget and sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: blauwvleugeltaling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: blue-winged teal sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Blue-winged Teal sources: Charles Hussey
 Gaelic: praslacha ghormeiteach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Galician: Praslacha ghormeiteach
 Greek: Αμερικανική σαρσέλα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Irish: Praslacha ghormeiteach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Lithuanian: mėlynsparnė kryklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: blåvingeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: blåvingeand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 205
 Norwegian Nynorsk: blåvengand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 205
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): blåvengand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: cyranka modroskrzydła sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: голубокрылый чирок; синекрылый чирок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish: praslacha ghormeiteach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: modroperuta reglja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: cerceta aliazul sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: blåvingad årta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: mavi kanatlı çamurcun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: corhwyaden asgell-las

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532.

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

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

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

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.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (548 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (250 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766. 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:159167

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96506

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159167
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96506

Last modified

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

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