Ducks, Geese and Swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 61 species which occur in Russia.
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Ross's Goose Chen rossii (A)
- Emperor Goose Chen canagica
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa
- Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (A)
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Read more about this topic: Birds Of Russia
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