Biology: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.[1] The genus now contains 31 living species. The name Anas is the Latin for "duck".
Systematics
The genus Anas was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.[2][3] Anas is the Latin word for a duck.[4] The genus formerly included additional species. In 2009 a large molecular phylogenetic study was published that compared mitochondrial DNA sequences from ducks, geese and swans in the family Anatidae. The results confirmed some of the conclusions of earlier smaller studies and indicated that the genus as then defined was non-monophyletic.[1] Based on the results of this study, Anas was split into four proposed monophyletic genera with five species including the wigeons transferred to the resurrected genus Mareca, ten species including the shovelers and some teals transferred to the resurrected genus Spatula and the Baikal teal placed in the monotypic genus Sibirionetta.[5]
Species
There are 31 extant species recognised in the genus:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | African black duck | Anas sparsa | eastern and southern sub-Saharan Africa from South Africa n north to South Sudan and Ethiopia with outlying populations in western equatorial Africa, in south east Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon. |
| 120px | Yellow-billed duck | Anas undulata | southern and eastern Africa. |
| 120px | Meller's duck | Anas melleri | eastern Madagascar. |
| 120px | Pacific black duck | Anas superciliosa | Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east |
| 120px | Laysan duck | Anas laysanensis | Hawaiian Islands |
| 120px | Hawaiian duck | Anas wyvilliana | Hawaiian islands |
| 120px | Philippine duck | Anas luzonica | the Philippines |
| 120px | Indian spot-billed duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | Pakistan and India |
| 120px | Eastern spot-billed duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Southeast Asia |
| 120px | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Alaska to Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands, across Eurasia, from Iceland and southern Greenland and parts of Morocco (North Africa) in the west, Scandinavia and Britain to the north, and to Siberia, Japan, and South Korea, in the east, south-eastern and south-western Australia and New Zealand |
| 120px | Mottled duck | Anas fulvigula | Gulf of Mexico coast between Alabama and Tamaulipas (Mexico) and Florida |
| 120px | American black duck | Anas rubripes | Saskatchewan to the Atlantic in Canada and the Great Lakes and the Adirondacks in the United States |
| 120px | Mexican duck | Anas diazi | Mexico and the southern United States. |
| 120px | Cape teal | Anas capensis | sub-Saharan Africa |
| 120px | White-cheeked pintail | Anas bahamensis | Caribbean, South America, and the Galápagos Islands |
| 120px | Red-billed teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | southern and eastern Africa |
| 120px | Yellow-billed pintail | Anas georgica | South America, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia |
| 120px | Eaton's pintail | Anas eatoni | island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean |
| 120px | Northern pintail | Anas acuta | Europe, Asia and North America |
| 120px | Eurasian teal | Anas crecca | northern Eurasia |
| 120px | Green-winged teal | Anas carolinensis | North America except on the Aleutian Islands |
| 120px | Yellow-billed teal | Anas flavirostris | Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil. |
| 120px | Andean teal | Anas andium (formerly included in A. flavirostris) | Andean highlands of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador |
| 120px | Sunda teal | Anas gibberifrons | Indonesia. |
| 120px | Andaman teal | Anas albogularis (formerly included in A. gibberifrons) | Andaman Islands (India) and Great Coco Island (Burma) |
| 120px | Grey teal | Anas gracilis | Australia and New Zealand |
| 120px | Chestnut teal | Anas castanea | Tasmania and southern Victoria, New Guinea and Lord Howe Island |
| 120px | Bernier's teal | Anas bernieri | Madagascar |
| 120px | Brown teal | Anas chlorotis | New Zealand |
| 120px | Auckland teal | Anas aucklandica | Auckland Islands south of New Zealand |
| 120px | Campbell teal | Anas nesiotis (formerly included in A. aucklandica) | New Zealand |
Extinct Species
- †Mariana mallard, Anas oustaleti
- †Mascarene teal, Anas theodori
- †Chatham Island Duck, Anas chathamica
Formerly placed in Anas:
- Bronze-winged duck, Speculanas specularis
- Crested duck, Lophonetta specularioides
- Baikal teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Salvadori's teal, Salvadorina waigiuensis
- species in the genus Mareca, the wigeons (including the gadwall and the falcated duck)
- species in the genus Spatula, the shovelers and related teals
Phylogeny
Cladogram based on the analysis of Gonzalez and colleagues published in 2009.[1]
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Fossil record
A number of fossil species of Anas have been described. Their relationships are often undetermined:
- †Anas sp. (Late Miocene of China)[6]
- †Anas sp. (mid-sized species from the Late Miocene of Rudabánya, Hungary)[7]
- †Anas amotape (Campbell 1979) (Talara Tar Seeps, Late Pleistocene of Peru)[8]
- †Anas bunkeri (Wetmore 1944) (Early -? Middle Pliocene – Early Pleistocene of WC USA) – Nettion red-and-green head clade?[9]
- †Anas cheuen Agnolín 2006 (Early-Middle Pleistocene of Argentina) – Dafila?[10]
- †Anas ganii Burchak-Abramovich, Suspanov and David 1996 (Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene of Moldova)
- †Anas greeni (Brodkorb 1964) (Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of South Dakota, USA)[11] – Nettion red-and-green head clade (doubtful)?
- †Anas itchtucknee McCoy 1963[12] (Late Pleistocene of Florida, USA) doubtful validity[13]
- †Anas kisatibiensis Burchak-Abramovich and Mczedlidze 1995 (nomen nudum) (Early Pliocene of Kisatibi, Georgia)
- †Anas kurochkini Zelenkov & Panteleyev 2015 (Late Miocene of Sea of Azov, southern Russia)
- †Anas lambrechti Spillman 1942 [Archaeoquerquedula lambrechti] (Pleistocene of Ecuador)
- †Anas ogallalae (Brodkorb 1962) (Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of Kansas, USA)[14] – Nettion red-and-green head clade (doubtful)?
- Bermuda Islands flightless duck †Anas pachyscelus Wetmore 1960 (Late Pleistocene of Bermuda, W Atlantic)
- †Anas pullulans (Brodkorb 1961) (Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of Oregon, USA)[15] – Punanetta?
- †Anas schneideri Emslie 1985 (Late Pleistocene of Little Box Elder Cave, USA)[16]
Several prehistoric waterfowl supposedly part of the Anas assemblage are nowadays not placed in this genus anymore, at least not with certainty:
- †"Anas" basaltica (Late Oligocene of Czech Republic) is apparently an indeterminate heron.[17]
- †"Anas" blanchardi, "A." consobrina, "A." natator are now in Mionetta
- †"Anas" creccoides (Early-mid Oligocene of Belgium), "A." risgoviensis (Late Miocene of Bavaria, Germany) and "A." skalicensis (Early Miocene of Czech Republic), though possibly anseriform, cannot be placed with any certainty among modern birds at all.[17][18]
- †"Anas" albae (Late Miocene of Hungary), "A." eppelsheimensis (Early Pliocene of Germany) and "A." isarensis (Late Miocene of Germany) are apparently Anatidae of unclear affiliations[17]
- †"Anas" integra and "A." oligocaena are now in Dendrochen.
- †"Anas" lignitifila from the Late Miocene of Tuscany has been moved to its own genus, Bambolinetta, being a highly unusual marine waterfowl.
- †"Anas" luederitzensis (Early Miocene of Namibia) may belong within Oxyurini[19]
- †"Anas" robusta is now tentatively placed in Anserobranta.[20]
- †"Anas" sansaniensis is now placed in Chenoanas
- †"Anas" velox (Middle – Late? Miocene of C Europe) and "A." meyerii (Middle Miocene of Öhningen, Germany; possibly the same species) do not seem to belong Anas, and they may be ancestral dabbling ducks.[21]
Anas elapsum (Late Pleistocene of Australia) is now synonymised with the extant Hardhead.[22] Anas gracilipes and Anas strenuum (Late Pleistocene of Australia) are both junior synonyms of the extant Chestnut teal.[22]
See also
- Mallard complex
- List of recently extinct birds
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
- List of fossil bird genera
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gonzalez, J.; Düttmann, H.; Wink, M. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae". Journal of Zoology 279 (3): 310–318. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00622.x.
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1758) (in la). Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Volume 1. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii. p. 122. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727027. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 460. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109100. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n46/mode/1up.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Screamers, ducks, geese & swans". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waterfowl/.
- ↑ Stidham, T.A. (2015). "Re-description and phylogenetic assessment of the Late Miocene ducks Aythya shihuibas and Anas sp. (Aves: Anseriformes) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10: 335–349. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201512/P020151204377366662733.pdf.
- ↑ Bernor, R.L.; Kordos, L.; Rook, L. (2004). "Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene (MN9), Hungary: A compendium". Paleontographica Italiana 89: 3–36. http://rocek.gli.cas.cz/Reprints/Bernor%20et%20al.pdf.
- ↑ Campbell, Kenneth E. (1979). The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru. Royal Ontario Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.52133. ISBN 0888542305. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/52133.
- ↑ Brodkorb, Pierce (1958). "Birds From the Middle Pliocene of Mckay, Oregon". Condor 60 (4): 252–255. doi:10.2307/1365194. https://sora.unm.edu/node/101013.
- ↑ Agnolín, F.L. (2006). "Dos nuevos Anatidae (Aves, Anseriformes) del Pleistoceno Inferior-Medio de Argentina". Studia Geológica Salmanticensia 42: 81–95. https://revistas.usal.es/historico/index.php/0211-8327/article/view/7111/7162.
- ↑ Brodkorb, Pierce (1964). "A Pliocene Teal from South Dakota". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 27 (1): 55–58. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129619#page/67/mode/1up.
- ↑ McCoy, J.J. (1963). "The Fossil Avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida". The Auk 80 (3): 335–351. doi:10.2307/4082892. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/auk/vol80/iss3/8.
- ↑ Campbell, Kenneth E. (1980). "A review of the Rancholabrean avifauna of the Itchtucknee River, Florida". Contributions in Science 330: 119–129. doi:10.5962/p.226843. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/226843.
- ↑ Brodkorb, P. (1962). "A teal from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25 (2): 157–160.
- ↑ Brodkorb, P. (1961). "Birds from the Pliocene of Juntura, Oregon". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 24 (3): 169–184.
- ↑ Emslie, Steven D. (1985). "A New Species of Teal From the Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) of Wyoming". Auk 102 (1): 201–205. doi:10.2307/4086849. https://sora.unm.edu/node/24087. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Mlíkovský, Jiří (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Prague: Ninox Press. p. 123. ISBN 80-901105-3-8
{{isbn}}: Checkisbnvalue: checksum (help). http://www.nm.cz/download/JML-18-2002-CBE.pdf. - ↑ Brodkorb, Pierce (1962). "The Systematic Position of Two Oligocene Birds From Belgium". Auk 79 (4): 706–707. doi:10.2307/4082652. https://sora.unm.edu/node/21157. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (2008). "Birds (Aves) from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia". Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20: 147–167.
- ↑ Mayr, G.; Lechner, T.; Böhme, M. (2022). "Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany)". Historical Biology 35 (4): 465–474. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2045285.
- ↑ Worthy, T. H.; Tennyson, A. J. D.; Jones, C.; McNamara, J. A.; Douglas, B. J. (2007). "Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand". J. Syst. Palaeontol. 5 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001957. Bibcode: 2007JSPal...5....1W. https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/43360/1/hdl_43360.pdf. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Olson, S.L. (1977). "The identity of the fossil ducks described from Australia by C. W. De Vis". Emu 77 (3): 127–131. doi:10.1071/MU9770127.
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