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Mareca is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the wigeons.. The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Anas.A molecular phylogentic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2009 found that the genus Anas, as then defined, was not monophyletic. [1]
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.
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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 (A) American wigeon, Mareca americana; Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; Northern pintail, Anas acuta (A) Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris (A) Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris (A) Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (A) Greater scaup, Aythya marila (A)
Glossed by Hesychius as "some kind of bird" [5] (today arbitrarily identified with the Eurasian wigeon, to which Linnaeus gave the binomial Anas penelope), where -elōps (-έλωψ) is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals; [6] however, the semantic relation between the proper name and the gloss is not clear.
Anas capensis Gmelin, JF, 1789: 107 White-cheeked pintail: Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758: 108 Red-billed teal: Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, JF, 1789: 109 Yellow-billed pintail: 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 ...
Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Northern shoveller (Anas clypeata) Garganey (Anas querquedula) Common teal (Anas crecca) Red-crested pochard (Rhodonessa rufina) Common pochard (Aythya ferina) Ferruginous pochard (Aythya nyroca) Tufted pochard (Aythya fuligula) Common merganser (Mergus merganser) Eurasian wryneck ...