Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Zhytësi i vogël laraman |
| Arabic | بلقشة بيضاء |
| Armenian | Լուտոկ |
| Asturian | Merguyu pequeñu |
| Azerbaijani | Nazik pazdimdik |
| Basque | Zerra txikia |
| Bulgarian | Малък нирец |
| Catalan | Bec de serra petit |
| Chinese | 白秋沙 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白秋沙鸭 |
| Croatian | bijeli ronac |
| Czech | morčák malý |
| Danish | Lille Skallesluger |
| Dutch | Nonnetje |
| English | Smew |
| English (United States) | Smew |
| Faroese | Maront |
| Finnish | uivelo |
| French | Harle piette |
| French (French Guiana) | Harle piette |
| Galician | Mergo pequeno |
| German | Zwergsäger |
| Greek | Νανοπρίστης |
| Hebrew | מרגון גמדי |
| Hungarian | Kis bukó |
| Icelandic | Hvítönd |
| Italian | Pesciaiola |
| Japanese | ミコアイサ |
| Korean | 흰비오리 |
| Latvian | Mazā gaura |
| Lithuanian | Mažasis dančiasnapis |
| Mongolian | Цахиур бохио |
| Norwegian | lappfiskand |
| Persian | مرگوس سفید |
| Polish | bielaczek |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Merganso-pequeno |
| Romanian | Ferestraș mic |
| Russian | Луток |
| Serbian | Mali ronac |
| Slovak | potápač malý |
| Slovenian | Mali žagar |
| Spanish | Serreta Chica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Serreta chica |
| Swedish | salskrake |
| Turkish | Sütlabi |
| Ukrainian | Крех малий |
Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Mergus Albellus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to the Mediterranean near Smyrna by the reference to Hasselquist's journey.
Definitions
- MERGELLUS
- albellus
- Albellus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Smew Mergellus albellus Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 15, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Smew Mergellus albellus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Smew (Mergellus albellus), 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.smew.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 15, 2016
- Smew Mergellus albellus
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Smew (Mergellus albellus). 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.