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

Anas americana Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: Amerikaanse smient sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: American wigeon; bald-pate sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: American Wigeon; Bald-pate sources: Charles Hussey

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

Galician: Rualacha Mheiriceánach

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: amerikablesand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 526

Norwegian Nynorsk: amerikablesand sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 526

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: Amerika fiyusu; Amerika ıslıkçını sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: chwiwell America

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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (408 publications)
GenBank (83 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas americana Gmelin, 1789. 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:158940

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas americana Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96497