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WoRMS taxon details

Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pochard (Aythya ferina)

AphiaID

232037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232037)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aythya Boie, 1822

Original name

Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Fuligula ferina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Netta ferina · uncertain > unassessed

Nyroca ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

(of Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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(of Fuligula ferina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232037 on 2026-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-07-18 13:54:24Z

created

Camba Reu, Cibran

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Fuligula ferina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	kryekuqja e mjemekryekuqi	[details]
Bulgarian	Кафявоглава потапница	[details]
Danish	taffeland	[details]
Dutch	tafeleend	[details]
English	pochardcommon pochard	[details]
French	fuligule milouin	[details]
German	Tafelente	[details]
Hebrew	צולל חלוד	[details]
Italian	moriglione	[details]
Japanese	ホシハジロ	[details]
Lithuanian	rudagalvė antis	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Γκισάρι	[details]
Norwegian	taffeland	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	taffeland	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	taffeland	[details]
Polish	głowienka	[details]
Romanian	raţa cu capul brunraţa cu cap brun	[details]
Russian	голубая чернеть	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	póiseard	[details]
Slovenian	sivka	[details]
Spanish	porrón europeo	[details]
Swedish	brunand	[details]
Turkish	elmabaş patkaelmabas patka	[details]
Ukrainian	Попелюх	[details]
Welsh	hwyaden bengoch	[details]