White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (43)
- Monotypic
Alfredo Salvador, Juan A. Amat, and Andy J. Green
Version: 4.0 — Published September 22, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Rosa kokëbardhë |
| Arabic | بط ابيض الراس |
| Armenian | Սպիտակագլուխ բադ |
| Asturian | Balbasña tiestablanca |
| Azerbaijani | Göydimdik ördək |
| Basque | Ahate buruzuria |
| Bulgarian | Тръноопашата потапница |
| Catalan | malvasia capblanca |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白头硬尾鸭 |
| Croatian | čakora |
| Czech | kachnice bělohlavá |
| Danish | Hvidhovedet Skarveand |
| Dutch | Witkopeend |
| English | White-headed Duck |
| English (United States) | White-headed Duck |
| Finnish | valkopääsorsa |
| French | Érismature à tête blanche |
| French (France) | Érismature à tête blanche |
| Galician | Malvasía de cabeza branca |
| German | Weißkopf-Ruderente |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκό) Κεφαλούδι |
| Hebrew | צחראש לבן |
| Hungarian | Kékcsőrű réce |
| Icelandic | Eirönd |
| Italian | Gobbo rugginoso |
| Japanese | カオジロオタテガモ |
| Latvian | Baltgalvas zilknābis |
| Lithuanian | Baltagalvė stačiauodegė antis |
| Mongolian | Ямаан сүүлт нугас |
| Norwegian | hvithodeand |
| Persian | اردک سرسفید |
| Polish | sterniczka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-rabo-alçado |
| Romanian | Rață cu cap alb |
| Russian | Савка |
| Serbian | Beloglava plavokljuna patka |
| Slovak | potápnica bielohlavá |
| Slovenian | Beloglavka |
| Spanish | Malvasía Cabeciblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Malvasía cabeciblanca |
| Swedish | kopparand |
| Turkish | Dikkuyruk |
| Ukrainian | Савка білоголова |
Revision Notes
Alfredo Salvador, Juan A. Amat, and Andy J. Green revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Eliza Wein generated the map.
Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Anas leucocephala
Scopoli, 1769. Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani, p.65.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No type locality given, but probably from northern Italy.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OXYURA
- oxyura
- leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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Distribution of the White-headed Duck
