Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Kryekuqe e madhe |
| Arabic | صواي أوراسي |
| Armenian | Շչան բադ |
| Assamese | খেৰী হাঁহ |
| Asturian | Corñu xiblador europñu |
| Azerbaijani | Fiyu ördəyi |
| Basque | Ahate txistularia |
| Bulgarian | Фиш |
| Catalan | ànec xiulador eurasiàtic |
| Chinese | 赤頸鴨 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 赤颈鸭 |
| Croatian | zviždara |
| Czech | hvízdák eurasijský |
| Danish | Pibeand |
| Dutch | Smient |
| English | Eurasian Wigeon |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Wigeon |
| Faroese | Ennigul ont |
| Finnish | haapana |
| French | Canard siffleur |
| French (France) | Canard siffleur |
| Galician | Pato asubiador común |
| German | Pfeifente |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκό) Σφυριχτάρι |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Faldam etranje |
| Hebrew | ברווז צהוב-מצח |
| Hungarian | Fütyülő réce |
| Icelandic | Rauðhöfðaönd |
| Indonesian | Itik bungalan |
| Italian | Fischione |
| Japanese | ヒドリガモ |
| Korean | 홍머리오리 |
| Latvian | Baltvēderis |
| Lithuanian | Eurazinė cyplė |
| Malayalam | ചന്ദനക്കുറി എരണ്ട |
| Marathi | तरंग बदक |
| Mongolian | Зээрд алаг нугас |
| Norwegian | brunnakke |
| Persian | گیلار |
| Polish | świstun |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Piadeira |
| Romanian | Rață fluierătoare |
| Russian | Свиязь |
| Serbian | Zviždara |
| Slovak | kačica hvizdárka |
| Slovenian | Žvižgavka |
| Spanish | Silbón Europeo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato euroasiático |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Silbón Euroasiátic |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pato Silbón |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Silbón Europeo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Silbón europeo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Pato Silbón |
| Swedish | bläsand |
| Thai | เป็ดปากสั้น |
| Turkish | Fiyu |
| Ukrainian | Свищ євразійський |
Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Penelope
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.126.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MARECA
- mareca
- PENELOPE
- penelope
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 26, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 26, 2016
Originally Appeared in
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Authors
Carles Carboneras, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eurwig.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 26, 2016
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Authors
Carles Carboneras, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
