Redhead Aythya americana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Marc C. Woodin and Thomas C. Michot
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | morell americà |
| Croatian | crvenoglava patka |
| Czech | polák americký |
| Danish | Amerikansk Taffeland |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Tafeleend |
| English | Redhead |
| English (United States) | Redhead |
| Finnish | amerikanpunasotka |
| French | Fuligule à tête rouge |
| French (France) | Fuligule à tête rouge |
| French (Haiti) | Canard à tête rouge |
| German | Rotkopfente |
| Greek | Αμερικανική Κοκκινοκέφαλη |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kanna tèt wouj |
| Hebrew | צולל אמריקני |
| Hungarian | Amerikai barátréce |
| Icelandic | Kollönd |
| Japanese | アメリカホシハジロ |
| Korean | 미국흰죽지 |
| Lithuanian | Amerikinė rudagalvė antis |
| Norwegian | kobberhodeand |
| Polish | głowienka preriowa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Zarro-americano |
| Romanian | Rață cu cap castaniu americană |
| Russian | Американский нырок |
| Serbian | Crvenoglava patka |
| Slovak | chochlačka žltooká |
| Slovenian | Mala sivka |
| Spanish | Porrón Americano |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Porrón Americano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato cabecirrojo |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pato Cabeza Roja |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pato Cabeza Roja |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pato Cabeza Roja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Porrón americano |
| Swedish | amerikansk brunand |
| Turkish | Amerika Elmabaşı |
| Ukrainian | Попелюх американський |
Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Fuligula americana
Eyton, 1838. A monograph on the Anatidæ, or duck tribe, p.155.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AYTHYA
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
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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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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