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Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aythya fuligula, male

AphiaID

159164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159164)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aythya Boie, 1822

Original name

Anas fuligula Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Anas fuligula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Fuligula cristata Leach, 1816 · unaccepted

Fuligula fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Nyroca fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

(of Anas fuligula 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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Descriptive notes

Distribution from Newfoundland to northern Virginia

Distribution from Newfoundland to northern Virginia [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159164 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Anas fuligula 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 Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383. [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 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]

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

Unreviewed

Distribution from Newfoundland to northern Virginia [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	rosa laramane me çafkëbalisha	[details]
Danish	troldand	[details]
Dutch	kuifeend	[details]
English	tufted duck	[details]
French	fuligule morillon	[details]
German	Reiherente	[details]
Hebrew	צולל מצויץ	[details]
Italian	moretta	[details]
Japanese	キンクロハジロ	[details]
Lithuanian	kuoduotoji antis	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Μαυροκέφαλη πάπια	[details]
Norwegian	toppand	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	toppand	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	toppand	[details]
Polish	czernica	[details]
Romanian	raţa moţată	[details]
Russian	хохлатая чернетьили хохлатый нырок (устар.)или хохлатая чернь	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	lacha bhadánach	[details]
Slovenian	čopasta črnica	[details]
Spanish	porrón moñudo	[details]
Swedish	vigg	[details]
Turkish	tepeli patka	[details]
Ukrainian	Чернь чубата	[details]
Welsh	hwyaden gopog	[details]