Aythya ferina Linnaeus 1758 (common pochard)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combinations: Anas ferina, Athya ferina

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Aythya according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018

See also Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Carrera et al. 2018, Clements et al. 2017, Hay 1902 and Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Aythya affinis, Aythya americana, Aythya aretina, Aythya arvernensis, Aythya australis, Aythya collaris, Aythya fuligula, Aythya marila, Aythya novaeseelandiae, Aythya nyroca, Aythya sepulta, Aythya shihuibas, Aythya spatiosa, Aythya valisineria

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (3 collections), Greece (2), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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