The Key to Scientific Names
- archiboschas
Gr. αρχων arkhōn chief < αρχω arkhō to rule; βοσκας boskas, βοσκαδος boskados type of duck (cf. specific name Anas boschas Linnaeus, 1758 (= ♀) (= syn. Anas platyrhynchos)).
- boschas
L. boscas, boscadis or boscis, boscidis duck < Gr. βοσκας boskas, βασκας baskas or φασκας phaskas wild duck; "61 ANAS. ... Boschas. 34. A. rectricibus intermediis (maris) recurvatis, rostro recto. Fn. Svec. 97. Anas fera torquata minor. Gesn. av. 114. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 25. Raj. av. 145. Boschas major. Will. orn. 284. t. 72. Alb. av 2. p. 89. t. 100. β. Anas domestica. Jonst. av. 141. t. 49. Will. orn. 293. t. 75. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 35. Gesn. av. 96. Raj. av. 150. Habitat in Europæ lacubus; & mansueta. Mas autumno feminis similis; ova numerosa parere incipit florescente Hepatica. Victitat Ranis, Culicibus, Lemna." (Linnaeus 1758); “It was first shown by Lönnberg (Journ. f. Orn. 1906, p. 528) that Linnaeus described the female Mallard under the name A. platyrhynchos on p. 125, and the male as A. boschas on p. 127 of his 10th edition. Although in his 12th edition Linnaeus states that the A. platyrhynchos of the 10th edition is a synonymn of A. clypeata, it must have been due to an error or lapse, as the description ...can only refer to the Mallard and cannot possibly apply to the Shoveler. The correct name under the code is undoubtedly the first, but this is a case where the Committee consider the generally known name should be conserved, as it has been invariably used since 1758 until quite recently” (BOU 1915) (syn. Anas platyrhynchos).
- Boschas
(Anatidae; syn. Anas † Mallard A. platyrhynchos) L. boscas, boscadis or boscis, boscidis duck < Gr. βοσκας boskas, βασκας baskas, or φασκας phaskas wild duck (cf. specific name Anas boschas Linnaeus, 1758 (= syn. Anas platyrhynchos)); "The precise point of junction between the Pin-tails and that group which was known to the ancients by the name of BOSCHAS, has not yet been explained. Under this subgenus we comprehend all those ducks usually denominated Teals, together with the Mallard, long domesticated in our poultry yards." (Swainson 1831; Swainson 1832); "Boschas Swainson, Journ. Roy. Inst. Gt. Brit. vol. ii. pt. 4, p. 20, Aug.1831; and Fauna Bor. Amer. Birds, p. 442, "1831" = Feb. 1832. Type (by tautonymy): Anas domestica "Brisson" = Anas platyrhynchos Linné." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 214); "Boschas Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 2, "1831," p. 442, pub. Feb., 1832—type, by tautonymy, Anas boschas Linnaeus = Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 325).
- conboschas
L. cum (old form com) together with; specific name Anas boschas Linnaeus, 1766 (= syn. Anas platyrhynchos) (subsp. Anas platyrhynchos).
- palaeoboschas
Gr. παλαιος palaios old, ancient; βοσκας boskas, βοσκαδος boskados type of duck (cf. specific name Anas boschas Linnaeus, 1758 (= syn. Anas platyrhynchos ♀)) (syn. Anas platyrhynchos).
- subboschas
- L. sub near to; specific name Anas boschas Linnaeus, 1766 (= syn. Anas platyrhynchos) (syn. Anas platyrhynchos).
