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, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. There are 131 species worldwide.
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Emperor Goose Chen canagica
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Brent Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotbill Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa
- Common Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- 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
- Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
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