RAS taxon details
Anas Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas aucklandica (Gray, 1844)
- Species Anas chlorotis Gray, 1845
- Species Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816
- Species Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875)
- Species Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
- Species Anas georgica Gmelin, 1789
- Species Anas gracilis Buller, 1869
- Species Anas marecula Olson & Jouventin, 1996
- Species Anas platalea Vieillot, 1816
- Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801
- Species Anas sibilatrix Poeppig, 1829
- Species Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789
- Species Anas versicolor Vieillot, 1816
- Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anas specularis King, 1828 accepted as Speculanas specularis King, 1828 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
RAS (2021). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2025-09-12
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
basis of record Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
