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perch high in trees.
Until the late 20th century,
perching ducks meant Cairinini, a
tribe of
ducks in the duck,
goose and swan
family Anatidae, grouped...
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somewhat reminiscent of
geese and swans, shelducks, and the
Cairinini or "perching ducks". The
Cairinini or "perching ducks" are now
known to be a paraphyletic...
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shelducks in the
tribe Tadorini. The
perching ducks make up in the
tribe Cairinini in the
subfamily Anserinae in some classifications,
while that
tribe is...
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Tadornini Mergini Cairinini Callonettini...
- 2013. Johnsgard, P.A., (1965).
Handbook of
Waterfowl Behavior:
Tribe Cairinini (Perching Ducks).
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln (US).[3] Black, R. (2011)...
- (Eurasian goosander) M. m.
orientalis Gould 1845 (Oriental goosander)
Tribe Cairinini von
Boetticher 1936-38
Cairina Fleming 1822
Cairina moschata (Linnaeus...
- the
ability to
perch despite having only a
vestigial hallux (see also
Cairinini). The
Anseriformes also
contain the
gigantic flightless mihirungs (Dromornithidae)...
