Anas
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, from southeast Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Western Cape, and north from here to western DRC; largely absent from eastern Namibia, western Botswana and southeast Angola. Disjunct populations occur patchily throughout West Africa; in Gabon; in southeast Nigeria and northwest Cameroon; and in Guinea.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. s. leucostigma - photo by @LaughingDove
A. s. sparsa - photo by @vogelcommando
Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Western Cape in the south, and north from here into northern Angola and central DRC; largely absent from Namibia and Botswana. Disjunct populations occur in north-central Cameroon and adjacent southern Nigeria.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. u. ruppelli - photo by @Hix
A. u. undulata - photo by @Tomek
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
Endemic to eastern and central Madagascar.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ThylacineAlive
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
The range of this species extends from Sumatra and Java in the west, through the Lesser Sundas, Moluccas and New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands, and from here throughout the southwest Pacific to French Polynesia in the east, and south into Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Maguari
Chinese Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern Asia, from eastern Mongolia and adjacent southern Siberia in the west, through northeast China and southeast Siberia to Sakhalin and northern Japan in the east, and south throughout Japan, the Korean Peninsula and eastern China to Taiwan and northeast Indochina in the south; northern populations are partially migratory, wintering in south-central China and eastern Indochina.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Terry Thomas
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Asia, from eastern Pakistan and northwest India, throughout the Indian Subcontinent and south-central China to southeast China in the east, and south from here throughout Indochina.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. p. poecilorhyncha - photo by @ThylacineAlive
A. p. haringtoni - photo by @Chlidonias
Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)
Endemic to Laysan in the northwest Hawaiian archipelago.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Dormitator
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout much of the Holarctic; from Alaska in the west to southeast Canada in the east, and south throughout the northern, central and western USA to central Mexico; throughout the coastline of Greenland and Iceland; and from the British Isles, Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa in the west throughout Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus into Siberia and adjacent regions of Central Asia, to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan in the east. Populations in the USA, northern Mexico, Europe and Japan are largely resident. Wintering populations extend throughout the USA, Mexico and Caribbean; throughout Europe, through the Mediterranean into the Nile Valley, and from here south to northern Kenya; and throughout the Indian Subcontinent, northern Indochina and southern China. However, the species has been introduced worldwide in both the wild and feral forms, particularly in southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and throughout the wintering range.
Two subspecies are recognised;
A. p. platyrhynchos - photo by @Hix
A. p. conboschas
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
The summer breeding range extends throughout central and eastern Canada into Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and south into northeast and eastern USA; wintering populations occur throughout central and eastern USA, and south to northern Florida and northeastern Mexico.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Great Argus
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, from southeast Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Western Cape, and north from here to western DRC; largely absent from eastern Namibia, western Botswana and southeast Angola. Disjunct populations occur patchily throughout West Africa; in Gabon; in southeast Nigeria and northwest Cameroon; and in Guinea.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. s. leucostigma - photo by @LaughingDove
A. s. sparsa - photo by @vogelcommando
Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern and southern Africa, from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to the Western Cape in the south, and north from here into northern Angola and central DRC; largely absent from Namibia and Botswana. Disjunct populations occur in north-central Cameroon and adjacent southern Nigeria.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. u. ruppelli - photo by @Hix
A. u. undulata - photo by @Tomek
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
Endemic to eastern and central Madagascar.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ThylacineAlive
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
The range of this species extends from Sumatra and Java in the west, through the Lesser Sundas, Moluccas and New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands, and from here throughout the southwest Pacific to French Polynesia in the east, and south into Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Maguari
Chinese Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
The range of this species extends throughout much of eastern Asia, from eastern Mongolia and adjacent southern Siberia in the west, through northeast China and southeast Siberia to Sakhalin and northern Japan in the east, and south throughout Japan, the Korean Peninsula and eastern China to Taiwan and northeast Indochina in the south; northern populations are partially migratory, wintering in south-central China and eastern Indochina.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Terry Thomas
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Asia, from eastern Pakistan and northwest India, throughout the Indian Subcontinent and south-central China to southeast China in the east, and south from here throughout Indochina.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. p. poecilorhyncha - photo by @ThylacineAlive
A. p. haringtoni - photo by @Chlidonias
Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)
Endemic to Laysan in the northwest Hawaiian archipelago.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Dormitator
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout much of the Holarctic; from Alaska in the west to southeast Canada in the east, and south throughout the northern, central and western USA to central Mexico; throughout the coastline of Greenland and Iceland; and from the British Isles, Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa in the west throughout Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus into Siberia and adjacent regions of Central Asia, to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan in the east. Populations in the USA, northern Mexico, Europe and Japan are largely resident. Wintering populations extend throughout the USA, Mexico and Caribbean; throughout Europe, through the Mediterranean into the Nile Valley, and from here south to northern Kenya; and throughout the Indian Subcontinent, northern Indochina and southern China. However, the species has been introduced worldwide in both the wild and feral forms, particularly in southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and throughout the wintering range.
Two subspecies are recognised;
A. p. platyrhynchos - photo by @Hix
A. p. conboschas
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
The summer breeding range extends throughout central and eastern Canada into Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and south into northeast and eastern USA; wintering populations occur throughout central and eastern USA, and south to northern Florida and northeastern Mexico.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Great Argus
