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 18 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador
Famous quotes containing the words geese and/or swans:
“They yelleden as fiendes doon in hell;
The duckes cryden as men would them quell;
The geese for feare flewen over the trees;
Out of the hive came the swarm of bees.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
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Have lost the light that bites or terrifies.
There are no swans and swallows any more.
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—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)