Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (65)
- Subspecies (2)
Nancy Drilling, Rodger D. Titman, and Frank McKinney
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Groenkopeend |
| Albanian | Kuqla qafëgjelbër |
| Arabic | خضاري |
| Armenian | Կռնչան բադ |
| Assamese | আমৰলীয়া |
| Asturian | Corñu real |
| Azerbaijani | Yaşılbaş ördək |
| Basque | Basahatea |
| Bulgarian | Зеленоглава патица |
| Catalan | ànec collverd |
| Chinese | 綠頭鴨 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 綠頭鴨 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 绿头鸭 |
| Croatian | divlja patka |
| Czech | kachna divoká |
| Danish | Gråand |
| Dutch | Wilde Eend |
| English | Mallard |
| English (United States) | Mallard |
| Faroese | Villdunna |
| Finnish | sinisorsa |
| French | Canard colvert |
| French (France) | Canard colvert |
| Galician | Lavanco real |
| German | Stockente |
| Greek | Πρασινοκέφαλη Πάπια |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kanna kolvèt |
| Hebrew | ברכיה |
| Hungarian | Tőkés réce |
| Icelandic | Stokkönd |
| Indonesian | Itik kalung |
| Italian | Germano reale |
| Japanese | マガモ |
| Korean | 청둥오리 |
| Latvian | Meža pīle |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji antis |
| Mongolian | Зэрлэг нугас |
| Norwegian | stokkand |
| Persian | اردک سرسبز |
| Polish | krzyżówka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-real |
| Romanian | Rață mare |
| Russian | Кряква |
| Serbian | Gluvara |
| Slovak | kačica divá |
| Slovenian | Mlakarica |
| Spanish | Ánade Azulón |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pato Marrueco |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pato de collar |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pato Cabeciverde |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato inglés |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pato Inglés |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pato de Collar |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pato de Collar |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pato Cabeciverde |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Pato marrueco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pato de Cabeza Verde |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pato Cabeciverde |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ánade azulón |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pato Cabeza Verde |
| Swedish | gräsand |
| Thai | เป็ดหัวเขียว |
| Turkish | Yeşilbaş |
| Ukrainian | Крижень звичайний |
| Zulu | idada laseYurobhu |
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.125.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 42.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANAS
- platyrhynchos / platyrhynchum
- Platyrhynchos
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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