List of Non-passerine Birds of Korea - Ducks, Geese, and Swans

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, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. There are 131 species worldwide.

• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
• Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
• Emperor Goose Chen canagica
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Brent Goose Branta bernicla
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Falcated Duck Anas falcata
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• American Wigeon Anas americana
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Spotbill Anas poecilorhyncha
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Garganey Anas querquedula
• Baikal Teal Anas formosa
• Common Teal Anas crecca
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser