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

Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kryekuqja e madhe; rosa e detit; rosa kokëmadhe; rosa kryekuqe 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): brunnakke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: smient

English: Eurasian wigeon; widgeon; wigeon sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Eurasian Wigeon; Widgeon; Wigeon sources: Charles Hussey

French: canard siffleur sources: 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.

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

Galician: Lacha rua

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

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκό Σφυριχτάρι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: brunnakke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 126

Norwegian Nynorsk: brunnakke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 126

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

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

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

Russian: или свищ; свистун; свияга; свиязь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Turkish: fivu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: chwiwell

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	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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.
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	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

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External Links

GenBank (97 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (630 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas penelope 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:159168

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96496