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

Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anas*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

English: blue-winged teal sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Blue-winged Teal sources: Charles Hussey

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

Galician: Praslacha ghormeiteach

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: blåvingeand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 205

Norwegian Nynorsk: blåvengand sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 205

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

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

Russian: голубокрылый чирок; синекрылый чирок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Turkish: mavi kanatlı çamurcun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: corhwyaden asgell-las

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (548 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (250 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766. 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:159167

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96506