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Mareca americana (American wigeon)
Taxonomy
Anas americana was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was recombined as Mareca americana by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1937), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1946), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Mareca americana by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1937), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1946), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1789 | Anas americana Gmelin |
| 1902 | Anas americana Hay p. 529 |
| 1930 | Mareca americana Hay p. 305 |
| 1937 | Mareca americana Wetmore p. 8 |
| 1940 | Mareca americana Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1942 | Mareca americana Miller and DeMay p. 86 |
| 1946 | Mareca americana Howard p. 174 |
| 1956 | Mareca americana Wetmore p. 30 |
| 1974 | Anas americana Brodkorb p. 239 |
| 1987 | Anas americanus Harris |
| 1992 | Anas americana Emslie p. 257 |
| 2001 | Anas americana Olson and Rasmussen p. 285 |
| 2016 | Anas americana Kilmer and Steadman p. 8 fig. 6H |
| 2017 | Mareca americana Clements et al. |
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Mareca americana Gmelin 1789 [American wigeon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available