Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | kachna madagaskarská |
| Danish | Madagaskarand |
| Dutch | Mellers Eend |
| English | Meller's Duck |
| English (United States) | Meller's Duck |
| Finnish | madagaskarinsorsa |
| French | Canard de Meller |
| French (French Guiana) | Canard de Meller |
| German | Madagaskarente |
| Japanese | マダガスカルガモ |
| Norwegian | madagaskarand |
| Polish | kaczka madagaskarska |
| Russian | Мадагаскарская кряква |
| Serbian | Melerova plovka |
| Slovak | kačica madagaskarská |
| Spanish | Ánade Malgache |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ánade malgache |
| Swedish | Mellers and |
| Turkish | Madagaskar Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Крижень мадагаскарський |
Anas melleri "Sclater, PL", 1865
PROTONYM:
Anas melleri
"Sclater, PL", 1865. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, Part 3, p.487 pl.34.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Madagascar.
Definitions
- ANAS
- melleri
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)
SPECIES
Meller's Duck Anas melleri Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 14, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 14, 2014
Account navigation Account navigation
Originally Appeared in
Revision History
Birds of the World
-
Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Meller's Duck Anas melleri
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Meller's Duck (Anas melleri), 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.melduc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
-
Last Published Version
- August 14, 2014
- Meller's Duck Anas melleri
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Meller's Duck (Anas melleri). 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.