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Wood Duck

Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Aix sponsa
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, Hone et al 2013 avian data, wikipedia SV, Austria Species List, Bermuda Species List, Belgium Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Malaysia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of Finland Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, wikipedia LT, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Washington Bird Phenology, Sibly et al 2012, and United States Species List
Aix sponsa
Recognized by CalPhotos, DC Birds Brief Summaries, AnAge articles, Fire Effects Information System Animals, Biopix Nature Photos, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Fire Effects Information System (USDA), and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by NBII images, Dc Birds maps, and Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Aix sponsa Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Aix sponsa
Species recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems, Bergtold 1917, Anderson and Wiens 2017, xeno canto America, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Aix sponsa
Recognized by PlanetScott, Flickr Group, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, and Flickr BHL
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Anas sponsa Linnaeus 1758
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Anas sponsa Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Wood Duck preferred
Recognized by DC Birds Brief Summaries, PlanetScott, Flickr BHL, and xeno canto America
wood duck
prefer
Recognized by Fire Effects Information System Animals, Animal Diversity Web, and Flickr BHL
Wood duck
prefer
Recognized by AnAge and Flickr BHL
Anas americanus cristatus elegans
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Carolina
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Summer Duck
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Summer duck
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Japanese

アメリカオシ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Galloanserae
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Aix Boie & F 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Aix praeclara Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2012

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae Leach 1820
Aix F. Boie 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Galloanserae
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Aix Boie & F 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Aix praeclara Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2012

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Galloanserae
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Aix Boie & F 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Aix Boie 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Aix praeclara Zelenkov & Kurochkin 2012

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae Leach 1820
Aix F. Boie 1828
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus 1758)
Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus 1766)
Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin 1789)
Anas bernieri (Hartlaub 1860)
Anas capensis Gmelin 1789
Anas castanea (Eyton 1838)
Anas fulvigula Ridgway 1874
Anas gracilis Buller 1869
Anas laysanensis Rothschild 1892
Anas luzonica Fraser 1839
Anas melleri P. L. Sclater 1865
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Anas rubripes Brewster 1902
Anas sparsa Eyton 1838
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789
Anas undulata Dubois 1839
Anas wyvilliana Sclater 1878
Anser albifrons (Scopoli 1769)
Anser anser (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 1834
Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser canagicus (Sevastianov 1802)
Anser cygnoid (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser erythropus (Linnaeus 1758)
Anser fabalis (Latham 1787)
Anser indicus (Latham 1790)
Anser rossii (Cassin 1861)
Asarcornis scutulata (S. Müller 1842)
Biziura lobata (Shaw 1796)
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus 1758)
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Branta leucopsis (Bechstein 1803)
Branta ruficollis (Pallas 1769)
Branta sandvicensis (Vigors 1834)
Cairina moschata (Linnaeus 1758)
Callonetta leucophrys (Vieillot 1816)
Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham 1801
Chenonetta jubata (Latham 1801)
Chloephaga hybrida (Molina 1782)
Chloephaga melanoptera (Eyton 1838)
Chloephaga picta (Gmelin 1789)
Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater 1857
Chloephaga rubidiceps P. L. Sclater 1861
Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina 1782)
Cyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell 1845)
Cygnus atratus (Latham 1790)
Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832
Cygnus columbianus (Ord 1815)
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina 1782)
Cygnus olor (Gmelin 1789)
Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield 1824)
Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot 1816)
Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton 1838)
Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel 1866
Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield 1821)
Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus 1766)
Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem 1841)
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (Gmelin 1789)
Lophonetta specularioides King 1828
Mareca americana (Gmelin 1789)
Mareca falcata (Georgi 1775)
Mareca penelope (Linnaeus 1758)
Mareca sibilatrix (Poeppig 1829)
Mareca strepera (Linnaeus 1758)
Merganetta armata Gould 1842
Neochen jubata (Spix 1825)
Nettapus auritus (Boddaert 1783)
Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin 1789)
Nettapus pulchellus Gould 1842
Nomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Oxyura australis Gould 1836
Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli 1769)
Oxyura maccoa (Eyton 1838)
Oxyura vittata (Philippi 1860)
Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin 1859)
Radjah radjah (Lesson 1828)
Salvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert 1894
Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus 1758)
Spatula cyanoptera (Vieillot 1816)
Spatula discors (Linnaeus 1766)
Spatula platalea (Vieillot 1816)
Spatula rhynchotis (Latham 1801)
Spatula smithii Hartert 1891
Speculanas specularis King 1828
Stictonetta naevosa (Gould 1841)
Tachyeres brachypterus (Gmelin 1789)
Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson 1981
Tachyeres patachonicus (King 1828)
Tachyeres pteneres (Forster 1844)
Tadorna cana (Gmelin 1789)
Tadorna cristata (Kuroda 1917)
Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas 1764)
Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus 1758)
Tadorna tadornoides Jardine & Selby 1828
Tadorna variegata (Gmelin 1789)
Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton 1838
72 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

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cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Galloanserae
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Anatinae
Aix
Aix sponsa (this page)
Aix galericulata
unclassified Aix
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