Mallards, Pintails, and Allies
Anas
Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes the pintails, most teals, and the mallard and its close relatives. It formerly included additional species but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2009 the genus was split into four separate genera. The genus now contains 31 living species. The name Anas is the Latin for "duck".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Mallard
speciesAnas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal
speciesAnas crecca
Northern Pintail
speciesAnas acuta
Pacific Black Duck
speciesAnas superciliosa
American Black Duck
speciesAnas rubripes
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
speciesAnas zonorhyncha
Mexican Duck
speciesAnas diazi
Chestnut Teal
speciesAnas castanea
Grey Teal
speciesAnas gracilis
Mottled Duck
speciesAnas fulvigula
Yellow-billed Teal
speciesAnas flavirostris
Pacific Black Duck × Mallard
hybridAnas superciliosa × platyrhynchos
White-cheeked Pintail
speciesAnas bahamensis
Yellow-billed Pintail
speciesAnas georgica
Yellow-billed Duck
speciesAnas undulata
Indian Spot-billed Duck
speciesAnas poecilorhyncha
Red-billed Teal
speciesAnas erythrorhyncha
Mallard × Mottled Duck
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × fulvigula
American Black Duck × Mallard
hybridAnas rubripes × platyrhynchos
Cape Teal
speciesAnas capensis
Mallard × Hawaiian Duck
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × wyvilliana
Brown Teal
speciesAnas chlorotis
African Black Duck
speciesAnas sparsa
Andean Teal
speciesAnas andium
Mallard × Eastern Spot-billed Duck
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × zonorhyncha
Mallard × Mexican Duck
hybridAnas diazi × platyrhynchos
Hawaiian Duck
speciesAnas wyvilliana
Sunda Teal
speciesAnas gibberifrons
Mallard × Northern Pintail
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × acuta
Laysan Duck
speciesAnas laysanensis
Mallard × Yellow-billed Duck
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × undulata
Philippine Duck
speciesAnas luzonica
Eaton's Pintail
speciesAnas eatoni
Campbell Islands Teal
speciesAnas nesiotis
Meller's Duck
speciesAnas melleri
Auckland Islands Teal
speciesAnas aucklandica
Green-winged Teal × Mallard
hybridAnas crecca × platyrhynchos
Andaman Teal
speciesAnas albogularis
Bernier's Teal
speciesAnas bernieri
White-cheeked × Yellow-billed Pintail
hybridAnas bahamensis × georgica
Mexican × Mottled Duck
hybridAnas diazi × fulvigula
White-cheeked Pintail × Mallard
hybridAnas bahamensis × platyrhynchos
Mallard × Indian Spot-billed Duck
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × poecilorhyncha
Northern Pintail × Green-winged Teal
hybridAnas acuta × crecca
Green-winged × Yellow-billed Teal
hybridAnas crecca × flavirostris
Chestnut Teal × Pacific Black Duck
hybridAnas castanea × superciliosa
White-cheeked Pintail × Yellow-billed Teal
hybridAnas bahamensis × flavirostris
Chestnut Teal × Mallard
hybridAnas castanea × platyrhynchos
African Black Duck × Mallard
hybridAnas sparsa × platyrhynchos
Pacific Black Duck × Grey Teal
hybridAnas superciliosa × gracilis
Northern × White-cheeked Pintail
hybridAnas acuta × bahamensis
Chestnut Teal × Mallard × Pacific Black Duck
hybridAnas castanea × platyrhynchos × superciliosa
Mallard × Brown Teal
hybridAnas platyrhynchos × chlorotis
Cape Teal × Red-billed Duck
hybridAnas capensis × erythrorhyncha
Yellow-billed Teal × Mallard
hybridAnas flavirostris × platyrhynchos
Philippine Duck × Mallard
hybridAnas luzonica × platyrhynchos
Pacific Black Duck × Northern Pintail
hybridAnas superciliosa × acuta
Northern Pintail × American Black Duck
hybridAnas acuta × rubripes
White-cheeked Pintail × Green-winged Teal
hybridAnas bahamensis × crecca
Anas bahamensis × castanea
hybridAnas bahamensis × castanea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)
Athanasius Kircher · 1667 · p.257
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.98
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.215
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.300
Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales
Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.380
Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales
Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.141
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.100
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.311
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.297
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.296
Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales
Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.377
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.102
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Anas in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6922.