New posts | Today's posts
 

Welcome, Guest.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Welcome to BirdForum.
BirdForum is the net's largest birding community, dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE! You are most welcome to register for an account, which allows you to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Personal tools
Main Categories

Category:Anseriformes

From Opus

Order: Anseriformes

[edit] Description

Ducks, Geese, Swans and Screamers.

[edit] Taxonomy

Anseriformes is an order in the class Aves.

Order Anseriformes view • edit

Family Anhimidae view • edit

Genus Anhima view • edit
A. cornuta Horned Screamer

Genus Chauna view • edit
C. chavaria Northern Screamer
C. torquata Southern Screamer

Family Anatidae view • edit

Genus Anseranas view • edit
A. semipalmata Magpie Goose

Genus Dendrocygna view • edit
D. guttata Spotted Whistling-Duck
D. eytoni Plumed Whistling-Duck
D. bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck
D. arcuata Wandering Whistling-Duck
D. javanica Lesser Whistling-Duck
D. viduata White-faced Whistling-Duck
D. arborea West Indian Whistling-Duck
D. autumnalis Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Genus Thalassornis view • edit
T. leuconotus White-backed Duck

Genus Cygnus view • edit
C. olor Mute Swan
C. atratus Black Swan
C. melancoryphus Black-necked Swan
C. buccinator Trumpeter Swan
C. cygnus Whooper Swan
C. columbianus Tundra Swan

Genus Coscoroba view • edit
C. coscoroba Coscoroba Swan

Genus Anser view • edit
A. cygnoides Swan Goose
A. fabalis Bean Goose
A. brachyrhynchus Pink-footed Goose
A. albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose
A. erythropus Lesser White-fronted Goose
A. anser Greylag Goose
A. indicus Bar-headed Goose

Genus Chen view • edit
C. caerulescens Snow Goose
C. rossii Ross's Goose
C. canagica Emperor Goose

Genus Branta view • edit
B. bernicla Brent Goose
B. leucopsis Barnacle Goose
B. hutchinsii Cackling Goose
B. canadensis Canada Goose
B. sandvicensis Hawaiian Goose
B. ruficollis Red-breasted Goose

Genus Cereopsis view • edit
C. novaehollandiae Cape Barren Goose

Genus Stictonetta view • edit
S. naevosa Freckled Duck

Genus Cyanochen view • edit
C. cyanoptera Blue-winged Goose

Genus Chloephaga view • edit
C. melanoptera Andean Goose
C. picta Upland Goose
C. hybrida Kelp Goose
C. poliocephala Ashy-headed Goose
C. rubidiceps Ruddy-headed Goose

Genus Neochen view • edit
N. jubata Orinoco Goose

Genus Alopochen view • edit
A. aegyptiaca Egyptian Goose

Genus Tadorna view • edit
T. ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
T. cana South African Shelduck
T. tadornoides Australian Shelduck
T. variegata Paradise Shelduck
T. cristata
Crested Shelduck
T. tadorna Common Shelduck
T. radjah Radjah Shelduck

Genus Tachyeres view • edit
T. pteneres Flightless Steamerduck
T. leucocephalus Chubut Steamerduck
T. brachypterus Falkland Steamerduck
T. patachonicus Flying Steamerduck

Genus Plectropterus view • edit
P. gambensis Spur-winged Goose

Genus Cairina view • edit
C. moschata Muscovy Duck
C. scutulata White-winged Duck

Genus Sarkidiornis view • edit
S. melanotos Comb Duck

Genus Pteronetta view • edit
P. hartlaubii Hartlaub's Duck

Genus Nettapus view • edit
N. pulchellus Green Pygmy-goose
N. coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-goose
N. auritus African Pygmy-goose

Genus Callonetta view • edit
C. leucophrys Ringed Teal

Genus Aix view • edit
A. sponsa Wood Duck
A. galericulata Mandarin Duck

Genus Chenonetta view • edit
C. jubata Maned Duck

Genus Amazonetta view • edit
A. brasiliensis Brazilian Teal

Genus Hymenolaimus view • edit
H. malacorhynchos Blue Duck

Genus Merganetta view • edit
M. armata Torrent Duck

Genus Salvadorina view • edit
S. waigiuensis Salvadori's Teal

Genus Anas view • edit
A. sparsa African Black Duck
A. penelope Eurasian Wigeon
A. marecula
Amsterdam Island Wigeon
A. americana American Wigeon
A. sibilatrix Chiloe Wigeon
A. falcata Falcated Duck
A. strepera Gadwall
A. formosa Baikal Teal
A. crecca Eurasian Teal
A. carolinensis Green-winged Teal
A. flavirostris Speckled Teal
A. capensis Cape Teal
A. bernieri Bernier's Teal
A. gibberifrons Sunda Teal
A. gracilis Grey Teal
A. castanea Chestnut Teal
A. aucklandica Brown Teal
A. nesiotis Campbell Island Teal
A. chlorotis Flightless Teal
A. platyrhynchos Mallard
A. laysanensis Laysan Duck
A. wyvilliana Hawaiian Duck
A. fulvigula Mottled Duck
A. rubripes American Black Duck
A. undulata Yellow-billed Duck
A. melleri Meller's Duck
A. poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck
A. superciliosa Pacific Black Duck
A. luzonica Philippine Duck
A. specularis Spectacled Duck
A. specularioides Crested Duck
A. acuta Northern Pintail
A. eatoni Eaton's Pintail
A. georgica Yellow-billed Pintail
A. bahamensis White-cheeked Pintail
A. erythrorhyncha Red-billed Duck
A. puna Puna Teal
A. versicolor Silver Teal
A. hottentota Hottentot Teal
A. querquedula Garganey
A. discors Blue-winged Teal
A. cyanoptera Cinnamon Teal
A. platalea Red Shoveler
A. smithii Cape Shoveler
A. rhynchotis Australasian Shoveler
A. clypeata Northern Shoveler

Genus Malacorhynchus view • edit
M. membranaceus Pink-eared Duck

Genus Marmaronetta view • edit
M. angustirostris Marbled Duck

Genus Rhodonessa view • edit
R. caryophyllacea Pink-headed Duck

Genus Netta view • edit
N. rufina Red-crested Pochard
N. peposaca Rosy-billed Pochard
N. erythrophthalma Southern Pochard

Genus Aythya view • edit
A. ferina Common Pochard
A. valisineria Canvasback
A. americana Redhead
A. collaris