Smew Mergellus albellus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Monotypic
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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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)
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Distribution of the Smew