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

Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aix*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas sponsa*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: Carolina-eend sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: wood duck sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Wood Duck sources: Charles Hussey

French: canard branchu sources: Avibase - the world bird database

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: brudeand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 128

Norwegian Nynorsk: brudeand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 128

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

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

Russian: каролинская утка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Каролінка

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

GenBank (86 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1089 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Aix sponsa (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:158938

Drs Cees Roselaar. Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96494