Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas] (Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas])

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Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas]

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

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 ID:
4B744C8E757E17AF

Avibase ID:
avibase-4B744C8E

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4B744C8E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175064

Geographic range:

Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos: Holarctic; winters to Mexico, North Africa, India, and Borneo
Anas platyrhynchos conboschas: coastal southwestern Greenland

English:
Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas]
French:
Canard colvert [platyrhynchos ou conboschas]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Mallard (platyrhynchos or conboschas) ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mallard (platyrhynchos or conboschas) ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mallard (platyrhynchos or conboschas) ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mallard (platyrhynchos or conboschas) ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mallard [platyrhynchos or conboschas] ( Anas platyrhynchos [platyrhynchos or conboschas])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Anas platyrhynchos [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anas platyrhynchos

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