MALLARD 
ANAS BOSCH AS LinnI: 
(Plate 19; Plate 20) 
Synonymy 
?Anas platyrhynchos Linne, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 125, 1758. 
Anas hoschas Linne, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 127, 1758. 
Anas domestica Gmelin, Linne’s Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 538, 1788. 
Anas boscas Forster, Synonymic Cat. British Birds, p. 35, 1817. 
Anas archiboschas Brehm, Oken’s Isis, 1830, col. 997. 
Anas (Boschas) domestica Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 
vol. 2, p. 442, 1831. 
Boschas domestica Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. 2, p. 367, 1837. 
Boschas f era Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, p. 40. 
Anas major Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 372, 1855. 
Anas boschas, var. pallescens Olph-Galliard, Naumannia, 1855, p. 402. 
Anas platyrhyncha Lonnberg, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 54, p. 529, 1906. 
Names given to Domestic Breeds 
Anas adunca Linne, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 128, 1758. 
Anas curvirostra Pallas, Spicilegia Zoologica, pt. 6, p. 33, 1769. 
A7ias cirrhata. Anas persica. Anas major, Anas grisea, Anas naevia. Anas nigra 
Gmelin, Linne’s Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 538-539, 1788. 
Anas salvadorii Biittikofer, Notes from Leyden Museum, vol. 18, p. 59, 1896. 
Note: Lonnberg (1906) has endeavored to resuscitate Linne’s Anas platyrhynckos for this species, 
on the ground that it applies to the male Mallard in eclipse plumage and has page priority over 
Anas boschas; but Oberholser (1921) considers the name not clearly identifiable. In view of this 
uncertainty, it seems better to retain the name so long in common use. 
Vernacular Names 
English: Mallard, Wild Duck, Green-head, Stock Duck, English Duck, French 
Duck, Gray Duck, Gray Mallard, Mire Duck, Moss Duck, Muir Duck. 
French: Canard sauvage, Colvert, Gros Malard, Maillard, Bourre, Ainette, Guit, 
Halbrans, Lirots. 
German: Stockente, Wilde Ente, Gemeine Ente, Blumente, Spiegelente, Blauente, 
Marzente, Grasente, Blaukopf, Blasente, Hagente, Ratschente, Stutzente, 
Stossente, Sturzente, Moosente, Grossente. 
Danish: Grtesand, Graand, Stokand, Kjaerand, Moseand, Roand, Bygand. 
