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

Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Fuligula

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AythyaBoie, 1822accepted genus name

Species group names

Fuligula affinis Eyton, 1838 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): purpurhodeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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)
 English-United States: Lesser Scaup sources: Charles Hussey
 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: purpurhodeand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: purpurhodeand sources: A monograph on the Anatidae, or duck tribe p. 157
 Norwegian Nynorsk: purpurhovudand sources: A monograph on the Anatidae, or duck tribe p. 157
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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

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.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (351 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838). 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:159161

Drs Cees Roselaar. Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96520

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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:159161
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96520

Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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