Editing Canvasback (section)

==Taxonomy==
Scottish-American naturalist [[Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)|Alexander Wilson]] described the canvasback in 1814. The genus name is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''aithuia'', an unidentified [[seabird]] mentioned by authors, including [[Hesychius of Miletus|Hesychius]] and [[Aristotle]].<ref name= job90>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n64 64], 398}}</ref>
The species name ''valisineria'' comes from the wild celery ''[[Vallisneria americana]]'', whose winter [[bud]]s and [[rhizome]]s are the canvasback's preferred food during the nonbreeding period.<ref name=aab>{{Cite AllAboutBirds|Canvasback}}</ref> The celery genus is itself named for seventeenth century Italian botanist [[Antonio Vallisneri]].<ref name= job90/>

The duck's common name is based on early European inhabitants of North America's assertion that its back was a [[canvas]]-like color.<ref name=define>{{Dictionary.com|Canvasback}}</ref> In other languages it is just a ''white-backed duck''; for example in [[French language|French]], ''morillon à dos blanc'', or [[Spanish language|Spanish]], ''pato lomo blanco''.<ref name="avibase">{{avibase|1929E1E16E073570|Aythya valisineria}}</ref> In [[Mexico]] it is called ''pato coacoxtle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audubon.org/es/guia-de-aves/ave/pato-coacoxtle|title = Pato Coacoxtle|date = 15 December 2015}}</ref>