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

Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: rosa sqeplugë; sqepluga 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): skjeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: slobeend

English: northern shoveler; shoveler sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Northern Shoveler; Shoveler sources: Charles Hussey

French: canard souchet

Gaelic: spadalach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Spadalach

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

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

Irish: Spadalach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): מרית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: mestolone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: skjeand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124

Norwegian Nynorsk: skeiand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124

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

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

Romanian: raţa lingurar; raţă lingurar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: лопонос; широконоска sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: spadalach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Turkish: kasikgaga; kaşıkgaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: hwyaden lydanbig

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	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
GenBank (86 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (655 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas clypeata 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:158941

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96507