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 15 species which occur in Laos.
- Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Laos
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The duckes cryden as men would them quell;
The geese for feare flewen over the trees;
Out of the hive came the swarm of bees.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
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—Albert Camus (1913–1960)