Mareca strepera (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Gadwall)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMareca strepera (Gadwall)
GenusMareca (a genus of birds)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mareca strepera (Gadwall) :
1: Mareca strepera (Gadwall)
5 Apr 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
pair
Image 1: Female - on water - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - on water - lateral viewImage 3: Female - on water - lateral view (2)Image 4: Female - on water - lateral view (3)Image 5: Female - on water - lateral view (4)Image 6: Female - on water - lateral view (5)Image 7: Female - on water - latero-dorsal viewImage 8: Female - on water - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 9: Male - on water - lateral viewImage 10: Male - on water - lateral view (2)Image 11: Male - on water - lateral view (3)Image 12: Male - on water - lateral view (4)Image 13: Male - on water - latero-dorsal viewImage 14: Pair - on waterImage 15: Pair - on water - lateral views

Mareca strepera (Gadwall) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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