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

Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kuqëla; rosa e egër; rosa e vendit; rosa jeshile 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): stokkand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: wilde eend sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: mallard sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English-United States: Mallard sources: Charles Hussey

French: canard colvert sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

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

Galician: Mallard

German: Stockente sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Πρασινοκέφαλη πάπια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: stokkand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125

Norwegian Nynorsk: stokkand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 125

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

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

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

Russian: или крыженъ; или кряковная утка; кряква sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: hwyaden wyllt

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	Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
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.
additional source	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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (423 publications)
Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
GenBank (312372 nucleotides; 18132 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas platyrhynchos 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:148791

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96502