_Anas Crecca_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126. (Type
locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Querquedula crecca crecca_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932,
p. 185 (Pagan).
_Anas crecca crecca_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p.
206 (Pagan).
_Anas crecca_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302
(Micronesia).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe, Asia, and
Aleutians. Winters south to northern Africa, Asia and Philippines.
In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Pagan.
_Remarks._--The European Teal has been recorded by the Japanese at Pagan
in the northern Marianas. It appears to be an uncommon winter visitor to
Micronesia.
=Anas crecca carolinensis= Gmelin