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 17 species which occur in the Philippines.
- Spotted Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna (A)
- Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Gadwall Anas strepera (A)
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (A)
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Philippine Duck Anas luzonica (E)
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina (A)
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri (A)
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Philippines
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“As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation. Standing at my door, I could hear the rush of their wings; when, driving toward my house, they suddenly spied my light, and with hushed clamor wheeled and settled in the pond. So I came in, and shut the door, and passed my first spring night in the woods.”
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