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Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The harlequin duck is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Harlequin, a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", meaning "actor". In North America it is also known as lords and ladies. Other names include painted duck, totem pole duck, rock duck, glacier duck, mountain duck, white-eyed diver, squeaker and blue streak. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Histrionicus
Scientific:
  Histrionicus histrionicus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.127

Protonym:
  Anas histrionica

Type locality:
  America, restricted type locality, Newfoundland, ex Edwards.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/145/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BCBD2EAECA774B19

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BCBD2EAE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BCBD2EAE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175149

Geographic range:

  • Histrionicus histrionicus: breeds eastern Siberia and northern Japan, Alaska southward to Oregon and Wyoming, eastern Canada (southeastern Baffin Island southward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence), Greenland and Iceland; winters coastally from Siberia to Japan and Korea, from Alaska to central California, to the northeastern USA, southern Greenland, and Iceland
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Harlequin Duck
Catalan:
Ànec arlequí
Czech:
kačka strakatá
Danish:
Strømand
German:
Kragenente
Spanish:
Pato Arlequín
Spanish (Spain):
Pato Arlequín
Finnish:
virta-alli
French:
Arlequin plongeur
Croatian:
Islandska patka
Hungarian:
Tarka réce
Icelandic:
Straumönd
Italian:
Moretta arlecchino
Japanese (romaji):
shinorigamo
Japanese:
シノリガモ
Lithuanian:
Islandinė antis
Dutch:
Harlekijneend
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Harlekinand
Norwegian:
Harlekinand
Polish:
kamieniuszka
Portuguese:
Pato-arlequim
Portuguese (Portugal):
Pato-arlequim
Russian:
Каменушка
Slovak:
kamenárka strakatá
Serbian:
Arlekinka
Swedish:
strömand
Ukrainian:
Каменярка
Chinese:
丑鸭
Chinese (Traditional):
丑鴨

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Histrionicus histrionicus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Histrionicus histrionicus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Histrionicus histrionicus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Harlequin Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Histrionicus histrionicus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Histrionicus histrionicus [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Harlekyneend
Asturian: Coríu arlequín
Azerbaijani: qayaördəyi
Belarusian: Камянушка
Bulgarian: Каменарка, Пъстра потапница
Bengali: চ঴মটাচযওচনকা঳ , ঴ামরিচকন ঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): hārlēkina hām̐sa, hisṭōri'ōnikāsa
Breton: Harlikin
Catalan: Ànec arlequí
Czech: dř. kachna strakatá, Kacka pestrá, Kačka pestrá , Kacka strakatá, Kačka strakatá, kaèka pestrá
Chuvash: чул кăвакалĕ
Welsh: Hwyaden amryliw, Hwyaden seithliw
Danish: Strømand
German: Kragenente
Greek: Αρκελιvόπαπια, Αρλεκινόπαπια
English: Harlequin, Harlequin Duck
English, HBW: Harlequin Duck
English (IOC): Harlequin Duck
English (United States): Harlequin Duck
Esperanto: Arlekenanaso
Spanish: Pato Arlequín
Spanish (Spain): Pato Arlequín
Spanish (HBW): Pato arlequín
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: saívak tiñmiaq
Spanish (Mexico): Pato Arlequín
Estonian: kärestikuaul
Basque: Ahate arlekino
Evenki: мапна, мо̄мна, мо̄мура̄
Finnish: Virta-alli
Faroese: Brimont, Røtugás
French: Arlequin plongeur, Canard arlequin, Garrot arlequin, Harlequin plongeur, Histrion arlequin
Friulian: moro, raze arlechine
Frisian: Harlekynein
Irish: Lacha ildaite
Galician: Pato arlequín
Manx: Laagh Eeslynnagh
Hebrew: ברווז איסלנדי, ברווז ארלקינו, ברוז איסלנדי
Croatian: Islandska patka, Šarena patka
Hungarian: Tarka réce
Icelandic: Straumönd
Italian: Moretta arlecchino
Japanese (romaji): shinorigamo, Shinori-gamo
Japanese: シノリガモ
Japanese (Kanji): 晨鴨
Mongolian, Halh: ангир, лам нугас, лам шувуу, хондон ангир, хувин, хувин нугас, шанхар нугас
Kazakh: каменушка үйрегі, Шақшақайша
Kazakh (Transliteration): şaqşaqayşa
Greenlandic: Toornaviarsuk
Korean: 흰줄박이오리
Korean (Transliteration): huin-julbagi-ori
Kirghiz: таштак өрдөгү
Scientific: Anas grisola, Anas histrionica, Anas minuta, Histrionicus histrionicus, Histrionicus histrionicus histrionicus, Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus
Luxembourgish: Harlekinint
Lithuanian: Islandine antis, Islandinė antis, Puošnioji antis
Latvian: arlekīnpīle
Macedonian: Харлекин
Mongolian: ангир, ангир нугас, лам галуу, лам нугас, лам шувуу, хондон ангир, Хотгуужин нугас, Хотгуужин чөрх, хувин, хувин нугас, шанхар нугас
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠲᠣᠭᠣᠣᠵᠢᠨ ᠴᠦᠷᠬᠡ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠣᠲᠣᠭᠣᠣᠵᠢᠨ ? ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣ
Mongolian (Transliteration): khotguujiŋ chörkh, khotguujiŋ nug as
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): nutshipaushtikueshish
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): ангир нугас, лам галуу, лам нугас
Dutch: Harlekijneend
Norwegian Nynorsk: Harlekinand
Norwegian: Harlekinand
Polish: Kaczka wzorzysta, kamieniuszka
Pinyin: chén fú, chǒu yā
Portuguese: Pato-arlequim
Portuguese (Portugal): Pato-arlequim
Romansh: Anda dal culier
Rhaeto-Romance: Anda dal culier
Romanian: Raţă arlechin
Russian: Kamenushka, Каменушка
Yakut: таас куһа, таас мородута, уораныкы
Northern Sami: Girjehaŋŋá
Slovak: kačica strakatá, kamenárka strakatá
Slovenian: harlekinka
Serbian: Arlekinka, Šarena patka, Шарена патка
Swedish: Strömand
Turkish: Altıngöz, palyaço ördeği, Шақшақайша
Ukrainian: Каменярка
Uzbek: тош ўрдак
Chinese: 丑鸭, 晨凫
Chinese (Traditional): 丑鴨, 晨鳧

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