- The
Anatidae are the
biological family of
water birds that
includes ducks, geese, and swans. The
family has a
cosmopolitan distribution,
occurring on all...
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Swans are
birds of the
genus Cygnus within the
family Anatidae. The swans'
closest relatives include the
geese and ducks.
Swans are
grouped with the closely...
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Anhimidae (three
species of screamers),
Anseranatidae (the
magpie goose), and
Anatidae, the
largest family,
which includes over 170
species of waterfowl, among...
- The
avian family Anatidae,
commonly called waterfowl,
comprise the ducks, geese, and swans. The
International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes...
- (pl.: geese) is a bird of any of
several waterfowl species in the
family Anatidae. This
group comprises the
genera Anser (grey
geese and
white geese) and...
- Duck is the
common name for
numerous species of
waterfowl in the
family Anatidae.
Ducks are
generally smaller and shorter-necked than
swans and geese, which...
- subfamily, Dendrocygninae, of the duck,
goose and swan
family of birds,
Anatidae. In
other taxonomic schemes, they are
considered a
separate family, Dendrocygnidae...
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which feed by
diving beneath the
surface of the water. They are part of
Anatidae, the
diverse and very
large family that
includes ducks, geese, and swans...
- (Mareca strepera) is a
common and
widespread dabbling duck in the
family Anatidae. The
gadwall was
first described by Carl
Linnaeus in his
landmark 1758...
- The
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an
African member of the
Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans.
Because of
their po****rity chiefly...
