Editing Garganey (section)

==Taxonomy==
The first [[Species description|formal description]] of the garganey was by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]''. He introduced the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Anas querquedula''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=C. | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Volume 1| volume=v.1 | edition=10th | page=126 | publisher=Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii | language=la | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727031}}</ref> A [[molecular phylogentic]] study comparing [[mitochondrial DNA]] sequences published in 2009 found that the genus ''Anas'', as then defined, was [[monophyletic|non-monophyletic]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Gonzalez | first1=J. | last2=Düttmann | first2=H. | last3=Wink | first3=M. | year=2009 | title=Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae | journal=Journal of Zoology | volume=279 | issue=3 | pages=310–318 | doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00622.x}}</ref> The genus was subsequently split into four monophyletic genera with ten species including the garganey moved into the resurrected genus ''[[Spatula (genus)|Spatula]]''.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Screamers, ducks, geese & swans | work=World Bird List Version 7.3 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waterfowl/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 July 2017}}</ref> This genus had been originally proposed by the German zoologist [[Friedrich Boie]] in 1822.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Boie | first=Friedrich | author-link=Friedrich Boie | year=1822 | title=Generalübersicht | journal=Isis von Oken | volume=1822 | at=Col 564| language=de |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27515513}}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1979 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=1 | edition=2nd | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=460 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109100}}</ref> The name ''Spatula'' is the Latin for a "spoon" or "spatula". The specific epithet is derived from Latin ''querquedula'', a word believed to represent to its call.<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn= 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=328, 361 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n328/mode/1up}}</ref>

The common English name dates from the 17th century and comes from [[Lombard language]] ''gargenei'', the plural of ''garganell'', which ultimately comes from the [[Late Latin]] ''gargala'' "tracheal artery".<ref name=AHD/> The English usage owes its origins to [[Conrad Gesner]] who used the Italian name in the third volume of his ''[[Historiae animalium (Gesner)|Historiae Animalium]]'' (History of Animals) of 1555.<ref name=OED/>