MSBIAS taxon details
Anas Linnaeus, 1758
148788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148788)
accepted
Genus
- Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
- Species Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902
- Species Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 accepted as Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi, 1775)
- Species Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MSBIAS (2026). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2026-06-26
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2026-06-26
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , 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
