MSBIAS - Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)

MSBIAS 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

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) 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

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2026). Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232037 on 2026-07-02

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232037 on 2026-07-02

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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original description (of ) 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

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]

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]

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