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 47 species which occur in Germany.
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (A)
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis (I)
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (A)
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (I)
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (I)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (A)
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris (A)
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (A)
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis (A)
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri (A)
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus (A)
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (A)
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica (A)
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (I)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (I)
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (A)
Read more about this topic: Birds Of Germany
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