Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti] (Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti])

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Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti]

Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti] (= Anas platyrhynchos) Linnaeus, C 1758

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Classification

Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Anas
Scientific:
  Anas platyrhynchos

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.125

Protonym:
Anas platyrhynchos

Type locality:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 42.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/143/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
42EC2D6189F64991

Avibase ID:
avibase-42EC2D61

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/42EC2D61

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175063

Geographic range:

Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos: Holarctic; winters to Mexico, North Africa, India, and Borneo
Anas platyrhynchos conboschas: coastal southwestern Greenland
Anas diazi: southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and western Texas (Trans-Pecos region) southward to central Mexico
Anas laysanensis: Laysan Island (northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
Anas wyvilliana: Hawaiian Islands (Kauai and Oahu)
Anas fulvigula: Gulf coast from Texas to Florida in USA, and Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico
Anas fulvigula fulvigula: southeastern USA (Florida)
Anas fulvigula maculosa: Gulf coast of USA (Alabama to southern Texas) and northeastern Mexico; introduced to South Carolina
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti]
French:
Canard colvert, C. de Laysan, C. des Hawaï ou C. brun [incl. oustaleti]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mallard, Mexican, Laysan, Hawaiian or Mottled Duck [incl. oustaleti] ( Anas platyrhynchos [sensu lato, incl. oustaleti])
Clements 3rd edition: Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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