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 22 species which occur in Tanzania.
- 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
- African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
- Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (A)
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania
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