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Waterfowl
Anseriformes
Families in this order: Ducks, geese and swans. 1 family · 66 species.
Families and genera in this order
- Ducks, geese and swans Anatidae 66 speciesAix · Alopochen · Anas · Anser · Aythya · Branta · Bucephala · Clangula · Cygnus · Histrionicus · Lophodytes · Mareca · Marmaronetta · Melanitta · Mergellus · Mergus · Netta · Oxyura · Polysticta · Sibirionetta · Somateria · Spatula · Tadorna
Ducks, geese and swans Anatidae
66 species
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Mandarin duck
Aix galericulata
Surface standing waters
Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Surface running waters
Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
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Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Mesic grasslands- Surface standing waters
Arable land and market gardens- Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
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Northern pintail
Anas acuta
Littoral sediment
Seasonally wet and wet grasslands- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
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Green-winged teal
Anas carolinensis- Surface standing waters
Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies- Littoral sediment
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
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Eurasian teal
Anas crecca- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Littoral sediment
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
Highly artificial man-made waters- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Arable land and market gardens
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Greater white-fronted goose
Anser albifrons- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
Tundra
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Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Sedge and reedbeds without free-standing water- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
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Pink-footed goose
Anser brachyrhynchus- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Tundra
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Snow goose
Anser caerulescens- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral sediment
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Lesser white-fronted goose
Anser erythropus- Mesic grasslands
- Littoral sediment
- Tundra
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Taiga bean-goose
Anser fabalis- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
Raised and blanket bogs
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Bar-headed goose
Anser indicus- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
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Ross's goose
Anser rossii- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral sediment
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Tundra bean-goose
Anser serrirostris- Arable land and market gardens
- Mesic grasslands
- Surface standing waters
- Tundra
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Lesser scaup
Aythya affinis- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
Sublittoral sediment
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Redhead
Aythya americana- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Surface standing waters
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Ring-necked duck
Aythya collaris- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Common pochard
Aythya ferina- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Tufted duck
Aythya fuligula- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Sublittoral sediment
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Greater scaup
Aythya marila- Sublittoral sediment
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral sediment
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Ferruginous duck
Aythya nyroca- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Sedge and reedbeds without free-standing water
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Canvasback
Aythya valisineria- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Surface standing waters
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Brant
Branta bernicla- Littoral sediment
- Mesic grasslands
- Tundra
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Canada goose
Branta canadensis- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Mesic grasslands
- Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
- Arable land and market gardens
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Cackling goose
Branta hutchinsii- Mesic grasslands
- Littoral sediment
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Surface standing waters
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Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis- Mesic grasslands
- Littoral sediment
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Tundra
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Red-breasted goose
Branta ruficollis- Arable land and market gardens
- Mesic grasslands
- Surface standing waters
Dry grasslands
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Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola- Surface standing waters
- Sublittoral sediment
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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Common goldeneye
Bucephala clangula- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Sublittoral sediment
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Barrow's goldeneye
Bucephala islandica- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
- Sublittoral sediment
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Long-tailed duck
Clangula hyemalis- Sublittoral sediment
- Surface standing waters
- Tundra
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Black swan
Cygnus atratus- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Mesic grasslands
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Bewick's swan
Cygnus bewickii- Arable land and market gardens
- Mesic grasslands
- Surface standing waters
- Tundra
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Whistling swan
Cygnus columbianus- Mesic grasslands
- Arable land and market gardens
- Surface standing waters
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
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Whooper swan
Cygnus cygnus- Arable land and market gardens
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Surface standing waters
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Mute Swan
Cygnus olor- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Surface running waters
- Mesic grasslands
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Harlequin duck
Histrionicus histrionicus- Surface running waters
Rock cliffs, ledges and shores
Littoral rock and other hard substrata
Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
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Hooded merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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American wigeon
Mareca americana- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral sediment
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Falcated duck
Mareca falcata- Surface standing waters
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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Eurasian wigeon
Mareca penelope- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral sediment
- Mesic grasslands
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Gadwall
Mareca strepera- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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Marbled teal
Marmaronetta angustirostris- Surface standing waters
Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Sedge and reedbeds without free-standing water
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Black scoter
Melanitta americana- Sublittoral sediment
Pelagic water column
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White-winged scoter
Melanitta deglandi- Sublittoral sediment
- Surface standing waters
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Velvet scoter
Melanitta fusca- Sublittoral sediment
- Surface standing waters
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Common scoter
Melanitta nigra- Sublittoral sediment
- Surface standing waters
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Surf scoter
Melanitta perspicillata- Sublittoral sediment
- Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
- Pelagic water column
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Stejneger's scoter
Melanitta stejnegeri- Sublittoral sediment
- Pelagic water column
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Smew
Mergellus albellus- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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Common merganser
Mergus merganser- Surface standing waters
- Surface running waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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Red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator- Sublittoral sediment
- Littoral sediment
- Surface running waters
- Surface standing waters
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Red-crested pochard
Netta rufina- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Arable land and market gardens
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Ruddy duck
Oxyura jamaicensis- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Highly artificial man-made waters
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White-headed duck
Oxyura leucocephala- Surface standing waters
- Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Steller's eider
Polysticta stelleri- Sublittoral sediment
- Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
- Littoral rock and other hard substrata
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Baikal teal
Sibirionetta formosa- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
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Spectacled eider
Somateria fischeri- Sublittoral sediment
- Littoral sediment
- Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
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Common eider
Somateria mollissima- Sublittoral sediment
- Littoral sediment
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King eider
Somateria spectabilis- Sublittoral sediment
- Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
- Littoral sediment
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Northern shoveler
Spatula clypeata- Surface standing waters
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Arable land and market gardens
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Blue-winged teal
Spatula discors- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
- Sedge and reedbeds without free-standing water
- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
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Garganey
Spatula querquedula- Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
- Sedge and reedbeds without free-standing water
- Surface standing waters
- Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
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Ruddy shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters
- Arable land and market gardens
- Dry grasslands
- Littoral sediment
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Common shelduck
Tadorna tadorna- Littoral sediment
Coastal dunes and sandy shores- Surface standing waters
- Highly artificial man-made waters