Scheldt species taxon details
Anas Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
- Species Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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). 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 
Scheldt species (2021). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://scheldemonitor.nl/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2025-09-11
VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.scheldemonitor.org/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2025-09-11
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