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CaRMS taxon detailsAnas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
158943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158943)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
Description Length: 34-38 cm. Plumage: above and below vermiculated grey; head chestnut with irridescent green band from lores to nape;...
Description Length: 34-38 cm. Plumage: above and below vermiculated grey; head chestnut with irridescent green band from lores to nape; breast cream to buff, speckled black; under-tail coverts cream. Eclipse male and female mottled brown with greyish eyeline; Immature resembles female. Bare parts: iris brown; bill grey with flesh colour at base of maxilla; feet and legs slate grey. Habitat: occassionally sea and coastal waters; inland waters with floating vegetation.<388><391> [details]
CaRMS (2021). Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158943 on 2026-10-05
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158943 on 2026-10-05
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details] 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”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Length: 34-38 cm. Plumage: above and below vermiculated grey; head chestnut with irridescent green band from lores to nape; breast cream to buff, speckled black; under-tail coverts cream. Eclipse male and female mottled brown with greyish eyeline; Immature resembles female. Bare parts: iris brown; bill grey with flesh colour at base of maxilla; feet and legs slate grey. Habitat: occassionally sea and coastal waters; inland waters with floating vegetation.<388><391> [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (964 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anas crecca) To GenBank (784 nucleotides; 561 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To PESI To ITIS From editor or global species database
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