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Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus, 1758
- mallard
(bird)
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Anas (Genus) - Pacific black duck
..Anas acuta (Species) - northern pintail
..Anas americana (Species) - American wigeon
..Anas aucklandica (Species) - Auckland Islands teal
..Anas bahamensis (Species) - white-cheeked pintail
..Anas bernieri (Species) - Madagascan teal
..Anas capensis (Species) - Cape teal
..Anas castanea (Species) - chestnut-breasted teal
..Anas chlorotis (Species) - brown teal
..Anas clypeata (Species) - northern shoveler
..Anas crecca (Species) - common teal
..Anas cyanoptera (Species) - cinnamon teal
..Anas discors (Species) - blue-winged teal
..Anas eatoni (Species) - Kerguelen pintail
..Anas erythrorhyncha (Species) - red-billed duck
..Anas falcata (Species) - falcated teal
..Anas flavirostris (Species) - speckled teal
..Anas formosa (Species) - Baikal teal
..Anas fulvigula (Species) - mottled duck
..Anas georgica (Species) - yellow-billed pintail
..Anas gibberifrons (Species) - Sunda teal
..Anas gracilis (Species) - grey teal
..Anas hottentota (Species) - Hottentot teal
..Anas laysanensis (Species) - Laysan duck
..Anas luzonica (Species) - Philippine duck
..‡Anas marecula (Species) - Amsterdam Island duck
..Anas melleri (Species) - Meller's duck
..Anas nesiotis (Species) - Campbell Island teal
..Anas penelope (Species) - Eurasian wigeon
..Anas platalea (Species) - red shoveler
..Anas poecilorhyncha (Species) - spot-billed duck
..Anas querquedula (Species) - garganey
..Anas rhynchotis (Species) - Australasian shoveler
..Anas rubripes (Species) - American black duck
..Anas sibilatrix (Species) - Chiloe wigeon
..Anas smithii (Species) - Cape shoveler
..Anas sparsa (Species) - African black duck
..Anas strepera (Species) - gadwall
..Anas superciliosa (Species) - Pacific black duck
..‡Anas theodori (Species) - Mauritian duck
..Anas undulata (Species) - yellow-billed duck
..Anas versicolor (Species) - silver teal
..Anas wyvilliana (Species) - Hawaiian duck
..Anas platyrhynchos (Species) - mallard
....Anas platyrhynchos conboschas (Subspecies)
....Anas platyrhynchos diazi (Subspecies) - Mexican mallard
....Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos (Subspecies) - common mallard
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 125.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 16.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Anas boschas
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Apr 2018.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wilde eend
Ref:
C.M. Perrins (ed.), 1991 (1990)
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
mallard
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 66.
:
domestic duck
:
duck
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