"Skewers"

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Souvlopapia is a aquatic fasting bird of the Island family, one of the foamers that also respond in the Greek area. The scientific name of the species is Anas acuta and does not include subspecies (monotypic).

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Nomenclature
The scientific name of the genus, anas, has unknown origin, not confirmed by any historical source. In one version it is a Latin word (anas-atis) with indo-European origin (anut, antis) and with the meaning attributed to it (the chick, the duck). But there is also the version of the composite word a + nas, so it acquires Greek origins, with the second synthetic derived from the new one ≪ Kolymboo ≫ (regardless to the r. new I know, clone, cf. thread), while the a was added later. The new swimming principle is the weak grade of the Indo-European sna- I swim, swim, e.g. Sanskr. snati ≪ wash, lat. nare | natare ≪ swim. (> French natation ≪ swim, e.g. natacion) etc.].

The Latin term acuta in the scientific name of the species derives from the verb acuo "sharpening, sharpening" which, in turn, has as root the Greek word acis "acida" < indoeur. aЌ "acute, sharp, sharp". The naming is obvious, referring to the male's acute tail, to the reproductive wing. The same applies to both English (Pintail), and Greek popular name of the species.
There is reference to the word name of the species as "Nessa the sturgeon". It is obvious that an attempt was made to "import" the morphological element of the tail into the Greek name, however, the rendering is artificial because in the Latin name there is no specific structural element, although, "visually", the correlation is correct.

Systematic taxonomics
The species was described by Linnaeus, under his present name (Sweden, 1758). Phytogenetically, it is related to A. georgica and A. eatoni species. With the first, genetic research assumes that, it forms a monosexual group, while with the second that, it forms superspecies.

Hybrids
As with many other wild ducks, souvlopia forms hybrids with other species such as: Anas acuta x Mareca strepera (capacles), Anas acuta x Spatula querquedula sarsela, Aix sponsa x Anas acuta, Mareca americana x Anas acuta, Anas crecca (kirkiri) x Anas acuta, Anas platyrrhynchos (green-headed) x Anas acuta, Anas acuta x Spatula clypeata (chuliaropapia), etc.

Geographical spread

The species displays a wide range of distribution across almost the Northern hemisphere, (economies: Palearkic, Afrotropic, Indomalaic, Young and Neotropical) while it has been introduced to South Africa and Australia.

In Europe, it responds to almost the entire continent, but with a scattered distribution, mainly as a fully migratory bird, with only small pockets where it remains throughout the year as a sitting room. In many areas, however, in central and north, it is not found.
Asia is the most important summer nesting territory of the Palearctic, in a wide and compact zone