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wildfowl: ducks, geese and swans

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Family Anseranatidae	Magpie Goose	Magpie Goose, Anseranus semipalmata
Family Dendrocygnidae	Whistling Ducks	Plumed, Dendrocygna eytoni Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor White-faced Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna viduata Wandering Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arcuata Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor West Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arborea
Family Anatidae Sub-Family Cygninae	Swans	Coscoroba, Coscoroba coscoroba Black-necked Swan, Cygnus melanocoryphus Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus Mute Swan, Cygnus olor Black Swan, Cygnus atratus
Sub-Family Plecopterinae		Spur-winged Goose
Sub-Family Anatinae Tribe Anserini	'Black' Geese The genus Branta	Brent Goose, Branta bernicla Canada Goose, Branta canadensis Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis Hawaian Goose, Branta sandvicensis
	'Grey' Geese The genus Anser	Chinese Goose, Anser cygnoides Grey Lag Goose, Anser anser Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus Tundra Bean Goose, Anser fabalis Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus Emperor Goose, Anser canagicus Bar-headed Goose, Anser indicus Snow Goose, Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose, Anser rossii
Tribe Tadornini	Shelducks The genus Tadorna	Common Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna Radjah Shelduck, Tadorna radjah Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides
	"Sheld" Geese	Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca Orinoco Goose, Neochen jubatus Upland Goose, Chloephaga picta picta Falkland Upland Goose, Chloephaga picta leucoptera Ruddy-headed Goose, Chloephaga poliocephala Ashy-headed Goose, Chloephaga rubidiceps Cape Barren Goose, Coreopsis novae-hollandiae
	Steamer Ducks	Falkland Islands Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Tribe Anatini	Surface-feeding Ducks	Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos Gadwall, Anas strepera Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope American Wigeon, Anas americana (Baldpate) Chiloe Wigeon, Anas sibilatrix Northern Pintail, Anas acuta Bahama Pintail, Anas bahamensis Red-billed Pintail, Anas erythrorhyncha American Black Duck, Anas rubripesi Australian Black Duck, Anas superciliosa rogersi (Pacific Duck) Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis Phillipine Duck, Anas luzonica Hawaiian Duck, Anas wyvilliana Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata European Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (Common Teal) American Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca carolinensis Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera Grey Teal, Anas gibberifrons Falcated Teal, Anas falcata (Falcated Duck) Puna Teal, Anas versicolor puna South Georgian Teal, Anas georgica (South Georgian Pintail) Ringed Teal, Calonetta leucophrys African Yellowbill, Anas undulata (Yellowbilled Duck) Garganey, Anas querquedula Pink-eared Duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus Marbled Teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris (Marbled Duck)
Tribe Somateriini	Eiders	King Eider, Somateria spectabilis Common Eider, Somateria mollissima Fischer's Eider, Somateria fischeri Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri
Tribe Athyini	Diving Ducks The genus Aythya	Greater Scaup, Aythya marila Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris Australian White-eye, Aythya australis Ferruginous Duck, Aythya nyroca Redhead, Aythya americana Common Pochard, Aythya ferina Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
	Red-crested Pochards The genus Netta	Red-crested Pochard, Netta rufina African Pochard, Netta erythrophthalma brunnea
Tribe Cairinini	Perching Ducks	Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata Carolina Duck, Aix sponsa Green Pygmy Goose, Nettapus pulchellus Indian Pygmy Goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (Cotton Teal) Muscovy Duck, Comb Duck, Sarkidiornis melanotus (Knob-billed Duck) Crested Duck, Lophonetta specularioides
Tribe Mergini	Scoters	White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca (American Velvet Scoter) Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra nigra (Common Scoter) American Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra americana Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
	Mergansers	Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator Hooded Merganser, Mergus cucullatus Goosander, Mergus merganser (Common Merganser) Smew, Mergellus albellus
	Other Sea Ducks	Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis (Old Squaw) Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
Sub-Family Oxyuriniae	Stifftails	Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis Argentine Ruddy Duck, Oxyura vittata White-headed Duck, Oxyura leucocephala Australian Blue-billed Duck, Oxyura australis