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Mareca strepera · Family Anatidae
Mareca strepera
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,978,223
- Countries and territories with records
- 139
About this species
This species has 6,978,223 occurrence records from 139 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (49.7%), the Netherlands (11.2%), Canada (8.6%), Sweden (6.9%) and the United Kingdom (5.5%); together they account for 81.8% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Mareca strepera combines the genus name Mareca with the species epithet strepera. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Mareca; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Mareca americana, Mareca penelope and Mareca sibilatrix.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 5.5 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.