Greater Scaup
Greater Scaup
Here the details of the Greater Scaup named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas Marila FaunaSvecica.ed.2 p.39
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Aythya
Taxonomy Code: gresca
Type Locality: Lapland.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1761
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AYTHYA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Greater Scaup A. marila) Gr. αιθυια aithuia unidentified seabird mentioned by Aristotle, Hesychius, and other authors. In modern times associated with a variety of seabirds, including a shearwater, a cormorant, a duck, and an auk (cf. Gr. myth. Thyr or Thyrie, mother of Cygnus, who was changed into a waterbird); "130. Aythya marila. — Anas marila Lin." (Boie 1822); "Aythya Boie, 1822, (before May), Tagebuch Reise Norwegen, p. 351. Type, by monotypy, Anas marila Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, ed. 2, p. 482).
Var. Aethyia, Aethyja, Aithyia, Aithya.
Synon. Aristonetta, Dyseonetta, Fuligula, Fulix, Glaucium, Hydrobates, Ilyonetta, Marila, Nettarion, Nyroca, Penelope, Perissonetta, Zeafulix.
marila
Gr. μαριλη marilē charcoal embers, coal-dust.
Marila
(syn. Aythya Ϯ Common Pochard A. ferina) Gr. μαριλη marilē coal-dust, ash (cf. specific name Anas marila Linnaeus, 1761); "Anas, Tadorna, Souchet, Marila, Eider, Clangula, Macreuse" (Oken 1817); "Genera et Species typicae. ... c. *Marila RCHB. ferina (Anas — L. Gm.) R. Tab. VIII. "Nyroca" caput, culmen, ala, pes. — Ic. Av. t. 75. ic. 124—126 et 127, 131—133. (frenata Sparrm.) t. 77. ic. 889. 892. t. 80. ic 2756—60." (Reichenbach 1852); "Marila Reichenbach, 1852, Avium Systema Naturale, p. viii. Type, by original designation, Anas ferina Linnaeus." (mihi 3/2019). Despite the etymology, Hellmayr & Conover's 1948, XIII, p. 367, typification of Anas marila by tautonymy is incorrect.
SUBSPECIES
Greater Scaup (marila)
SCI Name: Aythya marila marila
marila
Gr. μαριλη marilē charcoal embers, coal-dust.
Greater Scaup (nearctica)
SCI Name: Aythya marila nearctica
nearctica
Mod. L. nearcticus nearctic, of North America < Gr. νεος neos new; αρκτικος arktikos arctic, northern < αρκτος arktos north.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)