FALCATED TEAL 
A.VAS FALCATA Georgi 
(Plate 28) 
Synonymy 
Anas falcata Georgi, Reise Russ. Reichs, vol. 1, p. 167, 1775. 
Anas falcaria Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, vol. 3, p. 701, 1776. 
Anas javana Boddaert, Tabl. des Planches Enluminees, p. 55, 1783. 
Anas javanensis Bonnaterre, Encyclop. Methodique, vol. 1, p. 160, pi. 39, fig. 3, 1791. 
Anas drepanopteros Pallas, Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, vol. 2, p. 259, 1811. 
Aix falcaria Boie, Oken’s Isis, 1828, col. 329. 
Qnerquedida falcaria Eyton, Monograph Anatidse, p. 126, 1838. 
Querquedula falcata G. R. Gray, Genera of Birds, pt. 3, p. 616, 1845. 
Querquedula javana G. R. Gray, Genera of Birds, pt. 3, p. 616, 1845. 
Querquedula drepanopterus Bonaparte, Revue Critique, p. 103, 1850. 
Querquedula javanensis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 43, p. 650, 
1856. 
Eunetta falcata Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 43, p. 650, 1856. 
Mareca falcata Cassin, Expedition Amer. Squadron China Seas and Japan, vol. 2, 
p. 231, 1856. 
Querquedula multicolor R. Swinhoe {nec Scopoli), Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 2, p. 67, 1860. 
Veknacular Names 
English: Falcated Teal, Crested Teal, Bronze-capped Teal. 
German: Sichelente, Sichelflugelige Ente, Sichelfbrmige Kriechente. 
French: Canard cercle. Canard a fauciUe. 
Italian: Anitra falcata. 
Croatian: Patka srpasta. 
Czech: Cirka srpopera. 
Polish: Kaczka grzechotka. 
Swedish: Practand. 
Hungarian: Sarlos recze. 
Russian: Utka kosatchca, Kassatoi-selesenn, Rasskrassivi-seleseni. 
Yakut: Chapry-kogoni. 
Japanese: Yoshigamo. 
Hindu: Kala sinkhar. 
