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 46 species which occur in the Czech Republic.
- 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
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (I)
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis (I)
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (I)
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (I)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris (A)
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- 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)
- 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
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Czech Republic
Famous quotes containing the words geese and/or swans:
“Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)