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

*Aythya*	Boie, 1822	accepted 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

Taxon found in 590 publications.

Genbank

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