The Key to Scientific Names
- crecca
Swedish names Kricka and Kräcka for the Common Teal; "61. ANAS. ... Crecca. 29. A. macula alarum viridi, linea alba supra infraque oculos. Fn. svec. 109. Querquedula secunda s. minor. Gesn. av. 105. Aldr. orn. I. 19. c. 31. Will. orn. 290. t. 74. Raj. av. 147. Querquedula francia. Alb. av. I. p. 95. t. 100. & 2. p. 91. t. 102. Habitat in Europæ aquis dulcibus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Anas).
- Crecca
(Anatidae; syn. Anas † Common Teal / Green-winged Teal A. crecca) Specific name Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 < Swedish names Kricka and Kräcka for the Common Teal; "Crecca communis. Teal Common." (Brookes 1828); "Teal, (Crecca, Antiq.) ... Common Teal .. Crecca vulgaris, Wood. Gargany Teal ... Crecca circia, Wood. Bimaculated Teal ... Crecca bimaculata, Wood." (C. T. Wood 1837); "Crecca C. T. Wood, 1837, Ornithological Guide, p. 207. Type, by tautonymy, Crecca vulgaris C. T. Wood, 1837 = Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
- subcrecca
L. sub near to; specific name Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Anas crecca).
