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GEESE AND SWANS

Common name

Latin name
African black duck Anas sparsa
African pygmy goose Nettapus auritus
African white-backed duck Thalassornis leuconotus
American black duck Anas rubripes

American wigeon

 Mareca (prev.Anas) americana
Andean goose (shelduck) Chloephaga melanoptera
Argentine blue-billed duck Oxyura vittata
Argentine red shoveler Spatula (prev.Anas) platalea
Argentine ruddy duck Oxyura vittata
Ashy-headed goose (shelduck) Chloephaga poliocephala
Australian shoveler Spatula (prev.Anas) rhynchotis
Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian wood duck Chenonetta jubata
Baer's pochard Aythya baeri
Bahama pintail Anas bahamensis
Baikal teal Sibirionetta (prev.Anas) formosa
Barrow's goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Bernier's teal Anas bernieri
Black East Indies domestic
Black-bellied whistling duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Black-billed whistling duck Dendrocygna arborea
Black-headed duck Heteronetta atricapilla
Black teal Aythya novaeseelandiae
Blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
Bluebill Aythya marila
Blue-winged goose (shelduck) Cyanochen cyanopterus
Blue-winged teal Spatula (prev.Anas) discors
Brazilian teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
Bronze-winged duck Speculanas specularis (prev. Anas specularis)
Brown teal Anas chlorotis
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Burdekin duck Tadorna radjah
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Cape shelduck Tadorna cana
Cape teal Anas capensis
Chestnut teal Anas castanea
Chilean teal Anas flavirostris flavirostris
Chiloe wigeon Mareca (prev.Anas) sibilatrix
Chinese spotbill Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha
Cinnamon teal Spatula (prev.Anas) cyanoptera
Comb duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Common scoter Melanitta nigra
Common teal Anas crecca
Cotton pygmy goose Nettapus coromandelianus
Domestic ducks domestic
East-Indian whistling duck Dendrocygna arcuata
Egyptian goose (shelduck) Alopochen aegyptiacus
Eider (Common) Somateria mollissima
Eyton tree duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Falcated duck/teal Mareca (prev.Anas) falcata
Ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca
Freckled duck Stictonetta naevosa
Fuegian steamer duck Tachyeres pteneres
Fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Gadwall Mareca (prev.Anas) strepera
Garganey Spatula (prev.Anas) querquedula
Goldeneye (Common)) Bucephala clangula
Goosander Mergus merganser
Grass whistling duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Greater scaup Aythya marila
Green-winged teal Anas carolinensis
Hardhead Aythya australis
Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Hartlaub's duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
Hawaiian duck Anas wyvilliana
Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Hottentot teal Spatula (prev.Anas) hottentota
Indian runner domestic
Indian spotbill Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha
King eider Somateria spectabilis
Knob-billed duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Koloa Anas wyvilliana
Laysan duck/teal Anas laysanensis
Lesser scaup Aythya affinis
Lesser/Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
Little bluebill Aythya affinis
Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis
Maccoa Oxyura maccoa
Madagascan/Madagascar teal Anas bernieri
Magellan goose (shelduck) Chloephaga picta
Magellanic steamer duck Tachyeres pteneres
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard hybrids hybrids
Mandarin Aix galericulata
Marbled duck/teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
Meller's duck Anas melleri
Merganser, common Mergus merganser
Muscovy Cairina moschata
New Zealand (brown) teal Anas chlorotis
New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
New Zealand shoveler Spatula (prev.Anas) rhynchotis variegata
Northern pintail Anas acuta
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis
Orinoco goose (shelduck) Neochen jubata (Oressochen jubatus)
Pacific black duck (NZ grey duck) Anas superciliosa
Paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata
Patagonian crested duck Lophonetta specularioides
Philippine duck Anas luzonica
Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Pintail Anas acuta
Plumed whistling duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Pochard Aythya ferina
Puna teal Spatula (prev.Anas) puna
Radjah shelduck Radjah (prev. Tadorna) radjah
Red-billed teal Anas erythrorhyncha
Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator
Red-crested pochard Netta rufina
Red shoveler Spatula (prev.Anas) platalea
Redhead Aythya americana
Ringed teal Callonetta leucophrys
Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris
Rosybill pochard Netta peposaca
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Runner domestic
Scaup (Greater) Aythya marila
Scaly-sided merganser Mergus squamatus
Scoter, common/Eurasian Melanitta nigra
Sharp-winged teal Anas flavirostris oxyptera
Shelduck (Common) Tadorna tadornaTadorna tadorna
Shoveler Spatula (prev.Anas) clypeata
Silver pintail Anas bahamensis bahamensis
Silver teal Spatula (prev.Anas) versicolor
Smew Mergellus albellus
South African black duck Anas sparsa
South African shelduck Tadorna cana
South Georgia pintail Anas georgica georgica
Southern pochard (African) Netta erythrophthalma brunnea
Southern wigeon Anas sibilatrix
Speckled teal Anas flavirostris
Spectacled duck Speculanas specularis (prev. Anas specularis)
Spectacled eider Somateria fischeri
Spotbill/Spot-billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha
Spotted whistling duck Dendrocygna guttata
Steamer duck Tachyeres pteneres
Teal (Eurasian) Anas crecca
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Upland goose (shelduck) Chloephaga picta
Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca
Wandering whistling duck Dendrocygna arcuata
West Indian whistling duck Dendrocygna arborea
White-backed duck Thalassornis leuconotus
White-cheeked pintail Anas bahamensis
White-eyed duck Aythya australis
White-faced tree duck Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced whistling duck Dendrocygna viduata
White-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala
White-winged duck Cairina scutulata
Wigeon/Widgeon Mareca (prev.Anas) penelope
Wood duck (American/Carolina) Aix sponsa
Yellow-billed duck Anas undulata
Yellow-billed pintail Anas georgica
Yellow-billed teal Anas flavirostris

Common name

Latin name
African goose Anser cygnoides
Andean goose (a shelduck) Chloephaga melanoptera
Ashy-headed goose (a shelduck) Chloephaga poliocephala
Bar-headed goose Anser indicus
Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis
Bean goose Anser fabalis
Bewick's swan Cygnus bewickii
Black spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis niger
Black swan Cygnus atratus
Black-necked swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Blue goose Anser caerulescens/ Chen caerulescens
Blue-winged goose (a shelduck) Cyanochen cyanopterus
Brent goose Branta bernicla
Cackling goose Branta (canadensis) hutchinsii
Canada goose Branta canadensis
Canada hybrids hybrids
Cape Barren goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
China/Chinese goose Anser cygnoides
Coscoroba swan Coscoroba coscoroba
Danubian goose domestic
Domestic geese domestic
Eastern greylag Anser anser rubrirostris
Egyptian goose (a shelduck) Alopochen aegyptiacus
Emperor goose Anser canagicus/ Chen canagica
Greylag goose Anser anser
Hawaiian goose Branta sandvicensis
Lesser white-fronted Anser erythropus
Magpie goose Anseranas semipalmata
Magellan goose (a shelduck) Chloephaga picta
Maned goose (a shelduck) Chenonetta jubata
Mute swan Cygnus olor
Nene Branta sandvicensis
Orinoco goose (a shelduck) Neochen jubata (Oressochen jubatus)
Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis
Ross's goose Anser rossii/ Chen rossii
Sebastopol goose domestic
Snow goose Anser caerulescens/ Chen caerulescens
Southern/crested screamer Chauna torquata
Spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis
Swan goose Anser cygnoides
Toulouse goose domestic
Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator
Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus
Upland goose (a shelduck) Chloephaga picta
Western greylag Anser anser anser
Whistling swan Cygnus columbianus
White-fronted goose Anser albifrons
Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus
   
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130 species shown out of 150 living (150 species includes 146 Anatidae plus Magpie Goose and Screamers; 130 shown excludes duplicates, subspecies, domestics and hybrids).
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