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The Eurasian wigeon was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under the binomial name Anas penelope. [2] [3] Anas is the Latin word for "duck", and penelope refers to a duck that was supposed to have rescued Penelope when she was thrown into the sea.
Based on the published phylogeny, the genus Anas was split into four monophyletic genera with five extant species moved into the resurrected genus Mareca. [2] The genus Mareca was introduced by English naturalist James Francis Stephens in 1824. The type species is the Eurasian wigeon.
Anseriformes is an order of birds belonging to the clade Galloanseres.It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species. [1] [2] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [3] and Paleofile.com websites. [4]
The king eider was named Anas spectabilis in 1758 The Eurasian wigeon was named Anas penelope in 1758 Anas (ducks, geese, & swans) Anas cygnus – whooper swan [72]
MacKay A (1996). "Hybrid wigeon resembling American Wigeon in Leicestershire". Birding World. 9: 146– 7. Shiota T (1987). "A challenge in the identification of hybrid American and Eurasian Wigeon". Yacho. 496: 6, 18– 19. Votier SC, Harrop AH, Denny M (2003). "A review of status and identification of American Wigeon in Britain and Ireland ...
Anas georgica Gmelin, JF, 1789: 110 Eaton's pintail: Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) 111 Northern pintail: Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758: 112 Eurasian teal: Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758: 113 Green-winged teal: Anas carolinensis Gmelin, JF, 1789: 114 Yellow-billed teal: Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816: 115 Andean teal: Anas andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin ...
Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; Philippine duck, Anas luzonica (E) Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha (A) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A) Northern pintail, Anas acuta; Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A) Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca (A) Baer's pochard, Aythya baeri (A)
Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (C) American wigeon, Mareca americana; Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; American black duck, Anas rubripes; Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula (C)