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

Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aythya*	Boie, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas marila*	Linnaeus, 1761	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: rosa kredharake; rosa zhytëse 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): bergand sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Планинска потапница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: topper; toppereend sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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: greater scaup; scaup sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Greater Scaup; Scaup sources: Charles Hussey

French: fuligule milouinan sources: 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.

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

Galician: Lacha iascán

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

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

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

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

Italian: moretta grigia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: bergand sources: Fauna Svecica ed. 2 p. 39

Norwegian Nynorsk: bergand sources: Fauna Svecica ed. 2 p. 39

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

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

Romanian: raţa cu cap negru; raţa cu capul negru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морская чернеть sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Turkish: karabas patka; karabaş patka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: hwyaden benddu

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp.
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	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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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 (298 publications)
Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
GenBank (26 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761). 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:159172

Drs Cees Roselaar. Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96521