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 34 species which occur in Nepal.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
- Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (A)
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (A)
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri (A)
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis (A)
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (A)
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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