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Anatidae
AphiaID: 136973

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Anseriformes (Order)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Added by Database Management Team

Rank

Family

Parent

Anseriformes

Sources

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Dutch	eenden, ganzen en zwanen	[details]
English	swans, geese & ducks	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	andefamilien	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	andefamilien	[details]
Swedish	änder, gäss och svanar	[details]

All child
taxa
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Genus Aix

» Species Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Alopochen Stejneger, 1885

» Species Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Genus Anas Linnaeus, 1758

» Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
» Species Anas aucklandica (Gray, 1844)

» Subspecies Anas aucklandica aucklandica (Gray, 1844) accepted as Anas aucklandica (Gray, 1844)
» Subspecies Anas aucklandica nesiotis (J. H. Fleming, 1935) accepted as Anas aucklandica (Gray, 1844)

» Species Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas capensis Gmelin, 1789
» Species Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
» Species Anas chlorotis Gray, 1845
» Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758

» Subspecies Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus, 1758
» Subspecies Anas crecca carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789

» Species Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816
» Species Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766
» Species Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875)
» Species Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789
» Species Anas falcata Georgi, 1775
» Species Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
» Species Anas formosa Georgi, 1775
» Species Anas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874
» Species Anas georgica Gmelin, 1789

» Subspecies Anas georgica georgica Gmelin, 1789
» Subspecies Anas georgica spinicauda Gmelin, 1789

» Species Anas gracilis Buller, 1869
» Species Anas marecula Olson & Jouventin, 1996
» Species Anas nesiotis Fleming, 1935
» Species Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas platalea Vieillot, 1816
» Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801
» Species Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902
» Species Anas sibilatrix Poeppig, 1829
» Species Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789
» Species Anas undulata Dubois, 1839
» Species Anas versicolor Vieillot, 1816
» Species Anas oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 (unaccepted, invalid taxon (Anas platyrhynchos × A. superciliosa))
» Species Anas specularis King, 1828 accepted as Speculanas specularis King, 1828

Genus Anser Brisson, 1760

» Species Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)
» Species Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834
» Species Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787)

Genus Aythya Boie, 1822

» Species Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)
» Species Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838)
» Species Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838)
» Species Aythya collaris (Donovan, 1809)
» Species Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761)
» Species Aythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
» Species Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770)
» Species Aythya valisineria (Wilson, 1814)

Genus Branta

» Species Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832)
» Species Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)
» Species Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769)

Genus Bucephala

» Species Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789)

Genus Cairina

» Species Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Camptorhynchus

» Species Camptorhynchus labradorius (Gmelin, 1789)

Genus Chen Boie, 1822

» Species Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Chen rossii Cassin, 1861

Genus Chenonetta Brandt, 1836

» Species Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801)

Genus Chloephaga Eyton, 1838

» Species Chloephaga hybrida (Molina, 1782)

» Subspecies Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Phillips, 1916

» Species Chloephaga picta (Gmelin, 1789)

» Subspecies Chloephaga picta leucoptera (Gmelin, 1789)

» Species Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater, 1857
» Species Chloephaga rubidiceps P.L. Sclater, 1861

Genus Clangula Leach, 1819

» Species Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Coscoroba Reichenbach, [1852]

» Species Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782)

Genus Cygnus Bartram, 1791

» Species Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)
» Species Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832
» Species Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
» Species Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782)
» Species Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Genus Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837

» Species Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816)

Genus Heteronetta

» Species Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841)

Genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828

» Species Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1852

» Species Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Lophonetta Riley, 1914

» Species Lophonetta specularioides King, 1828

Genus Melanitta Boie, 1822

» Species Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)
» Species Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)

» Subspecies Melanitta deglandi deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)
» Subspecies Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887)

» Species Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)

» Subspecies Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832) accepted as Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)

» Species Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Mergellus Selby, 1840

» Species Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Mergus

» Species Mergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
» Species Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758
» Species Mergus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Netta Kaup, 1829

» Species Netta peposaca (Vieillot, 1816)
» Species Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773)

Genus Nettapus Brandt, 1836

» Species Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783)

Genus Nomonyx

» Species Nomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Genus Oxyura

» Species Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)
» Species Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769)
» Species Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838)
» Species Oxyura vittata (Philippi, 1860)

Genus Polysticta

» Species Polysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769)

Genus Somateria

» Species Somateria fischeri (Brandt, 1847)
» Species Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Speculanas

» Species Speculanas specularis King, 1828

Genus Tachyeres Owen, 1875

» Species Tachyeres brachypterus (Gmelin, 1789)
» Species Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981
» Species Tachyeres patachonicus (King, 1828)
» Species Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, 1844)
» Species Tachyeres steadi Falla, 1933
» Species Tachyeres brachydactyla accepted as Tachyeres brachypterus (Gmelin, 1789)

Genus Tadorna Oken, 1817

» Species Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)
» Species Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Tadorna tadornoides Jardine & Selby, 1828
» Species Tadorna variegata (Gmelin, 1789)

Genus Thalassornis

» Species Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton, 1838

Environment

marine

Links

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LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136973

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	van der Land, Jacob

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Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136973 on 2013-05-24

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