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 21 species which occur in Cameroon.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Cameroon
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“They yelleden as fiendes doon in hell;
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The geese for feare flewen over the trees;
Out of the hive came the swarm of bees.”
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