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 35 species which occur in Hong Kong.
- Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica (A)
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (A)
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis (A)
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris (A)
- Greylag Goose Anser anser (A)
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (A)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (A)
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (A)
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus (A)
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (A)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa (A)
- Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (A)
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Philippine Duck Anas luzonica (A)
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Chinese Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina (A)
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca (A)
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri (A)
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (A)
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A)
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca (A)
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana (A)
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula (A)
- Smew Mergellus albellus (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hong Kong
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