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".
Anas
Image: African Black Duck RWD
Image: Anas undulata, Pretoria country club
Image: Mellers Duck 025
The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae. Its surviving members are the dabbling ducks, which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The other members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalo, a young but highly apomorphic lineage derived from the dabbling ducks.
Anatinae
Spot-billed ducks dabbling
Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) in Hyderabad, India