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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.
There are three extant species: the Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope), the American wigeon (M. americana) and the Chiloé wigeon (M. sibilatrix). A fourth species, the Amsterdam wigeon (Mareca marecula), became extinct in the 19th century.
Anas penelope – Eurasian wigeon [76] Anas acuta – northern pintail [76] Anas hyemalis – long-tailed duck [7] [76] Anas ferina – common pochard [76] Anas querquedula – garganey [76] Anas crecca – Eurasian teal [76] Anas histrionica – harlequin duck [77] Anas minuta – synonym of harlequin duck [7] [77] Anas circia – synonym of ...
Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa; Northern pintail, Anas acuta; Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Common pochard, Aythya ferina (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.
Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope; American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; American black duck, Aix rubripes; Northern pintail, Anas acuta (A) Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina (A) Redhead, Aythya americana (A) Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (A) American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A) American black duck, Anas rubripes (A) White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis; Northern pintail, Anas acuta (A) Green-winged teal, Anas crecca (A) Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A) Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris (A) Tufted duck, Aythya ...