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Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, Swans, Teal, Mergansers, Goldeneyes
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
- waterfowl: ducks, geese, swans
- plus mergansers, teals, goldeneyes
- around 40 genera - 16 depicted
- around 146 species worldwide - 28 depicted
Species on page
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
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Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
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Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
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White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
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Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
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Andean teal (Anas andium)
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Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
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Ring-necked ducks (Aythya collaris)
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Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
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Rudy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
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Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
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Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
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Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
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Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
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Ashy-headed goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
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Upland goose (Chloephaga picta)
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Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
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Greylag goose (Anser anser)
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Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
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Andean goose (Neochen melanoptera)
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Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
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Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
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Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
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Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
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Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
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Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
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Misc
Ducks
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Anatidae type species
Palo Alto Baylands 12-24-2010
Bottoms up
Palo Alto Baylands
November 25, 2013
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Tasmania
September 11, 2015
Canon 7DMark2
Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
Two for teal
Green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
Palo Alto Baylands
2012
Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
Blue-winged teal
Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
Green Cay, Florida
2012
White cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
White-cheeked Pintail
White cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Galápagos, 2010
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
Pacific black duck
Pacific black duck
Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
August 19, 2015
Perth, Australia
Canon 7Dmark2
Green patch
Andean teal (Anas andium)
Teal
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Stick in the mud
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Ring-necked ducks (Aythya collaris)
Necks rung
Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Doesn't know the words
Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
The Pantanal
Rudy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruddy duck
Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
The whole family
Wood duck
Green Cay, Florida
April 30, 2015
Favorite child
Wood duck
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Mandarin
Confuse us say...
Mandarin duck
Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Australian wood duck
Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Tasman Peninsula
September 13, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Duck
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Geese
Canada Goose
Byxbee Park
Branta canadensis
Byxbee Park
Moving up
Northern immigrants
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Kilauea Military Camp
Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
June 27, 2017
Canon 7D mark II
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Kilauea Military Camp
Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
June 27, 2017
Canon 7D mark II
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Kilauea Military Camp
Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
June 27, 2017
Canon 7D mark II
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Kilauea Military Camp
Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
June 27, 2017
Canon 7D mark II
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Power step
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Only extant species in genus
Serengeti
July, 2012
Egyptian goose - feathered
August 17, 2009
Egyptian goose
Egyptian goose
Compay Garden, Cape Town
June 12, 2013
Egyptian goslings
Egyptian goose
Compay Garden, Cape Town
June 12, 2013
Ashy-headed goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
Ashy
 Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL.jpg)
Male upland goose (Chloephaga picta)
Male upland goose
Female upland goose
Female upland goose (Chloephaga picta)
Tierra del Fuego National Park
December 20, 2013
Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Bar some
with head baried
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
Greylag goose
Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
Down under goose
Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
April 3, 2012
Cape Barren goose
Andean goose (Neochen melanoptera)
Two birds reflected
Andean goose (Neochen melanoptera)
Atacama, Chile
Canon T1i,
May 31, 2010
Swans
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Swan song - near Folly Bridge
Brooding over seven eggs and a beer bottle
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Along the Isis
Oxford, England
Four cygnets and mom
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
May 17, 2009
By May 18, they were gone and the nest was abandoned.
Oxford, England
Single cygnet
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
May 17, 2009
Oxford, England
Swans, a-parently
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
May 17, 2009
Oxford, England
Black neck swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
Black neck swan
Patagonia
Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-necked swans
Black swan
Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
April 3, 2012
More than a theory
This was taken at exactly the same location, more than three years later.
Hitchhiker
Note that the cygnets are light colored.
Need ID
Duckling and family circus diagram
August 19, 2009
Duckling and duckweed
August 19, 2009
Ducking in
Palo Alto Baylands
2012
Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
Mr. and Mrs. Merganser
Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
Male and female
June 4, 2011
Commoner
Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Merganzers in the hood
Mr. and Mrs. Hood
Flying the hood
Hooded merganzer
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common Goldeneye
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Palo Alto Baylands
December 7, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Common Goldeneye
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Palo Alto Baylands
December 7, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Misc
Geese is the word
Decoy
Duck
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Duck prince
Passaic River
Summit, New Jersey
January 5, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Other Anseriformes
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modified: January 16, 2018
created: February 2, 2007 (from kingfishers)
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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