Photos of Wildfowl

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wildfowl: ducks, geese and swans

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Family Anhimidae	Screamers	Black-necked Screamer (Northern Screamer), Chauna chavaria Crested Screamer (Southern Screamer), Chauna torquata
Family Anseranatidae	Magpie Goose	Magpie Goose, Anseranus semipalmata
Family Dendrocygnidae	Whistling Ducks	West Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arborea Wandering Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arcuata Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor Plumed, Dendrocygna eytoni Lesser Tree Duck, Dendrocygna javanica White-faced Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna viduata
Family Anatidae Sub-Family Cygninae	Swans	Coscoroba, Coscoroba coscoroba Black Swan, Cygnus atratus Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus Black-necked Swan, Cygnus melanocoryphus Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
Sub-Family Plecopterinae		Spur-winged Goose
Sub-Family Anatinae Tribe Anserini	'Black' Geese The genus Branta	Brent Goose, Branta bernicla Canada Goose, Branta canadensis canadensis Richardson's Canada Goose, Branta canadensis hutchinsonii Cackling Canada Goose, Branta canadensis minima Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis Hawaian Goose, Branta sandvicensis
	'Grey' Geese The genus Anser	Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons albifrons Grey Lag Goose, Anser anser Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus Snow Goose, Anser caerulescens Emperor Goose, Anser canagicus Chinese Goose, Anser cygnoides Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus Tundra Bean Goose, Anser fabalis Bar-headed Goose, Anser indicus Ross's Goose, Anser rossii
Tribe Tadornini	Shelducks The genus Tadorna	Cape Shelduck, Tadorna cana Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea Radjah Shelduck, Tadorna radjah Common Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna Australian Shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides Paradise Shelduck, Tadorna variegata
	"Sheld" Geese	Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca Falkland Upland Goose, Chloephaga picta leucoptera Upland Goose, Chloephaga picta picta Ruddy-headed Goose, Chloephaga poliocephala Ashy-headed Goose, Chloephaga rubidiceps Cape Barren Goose, Coreopsis novae-hollandiae Blue-winged Goose, Cyanochen cyanopterus Orinoco Goose, Neochen jubatus
	Torrent Ducks	Torrent Duck, Merganetta armata
	Steamer Ducks	Falkland Islands Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres brachypterus Chubut (White-headed) Steamer Duck, Tachyeres leucocephalus Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus (Magellanic) Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres pteneres
Tribe Anatini	Surface-feeding Ducks	Northern Pintail, Anas acuta American Wigeon, Anas americana (Baldpate) Bahama Pintail, Anas bahamensis Greater Brazilian Teal (Brazilian Duck), Anas brasiliensis ipecutiri Cape Teal, Anas capensis Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata European Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (Common Teal) American Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca carolinensis Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors Red-billed Pintail, Anas erythrorhyncha Falcated Teal, Anas falcata (Falcated Duck) Baikal Teal, Anas formosa South Georgian Teal, Anas georgica (South Georgian Pintail) Grey Teal, Anas gibberifrons Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis Phillipine Duck, Anas luzonica Meller's Duck, Anas melleri Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope Red Shoveler, Anas platalea Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos Spotbill, Anas poecilorhyncha Garganey, Anas querquedula Australasian Shoveler, Anas rhynchotis American Black Duck, Anas rubripesi Chiloe Wigeon, Anas sibilatrix Gadwall, Anas strepera Australian Black Duck, Anas superciliosa rogersi (Pacific Duck) New Zealand Black Duck, Anas superciliosa superciliosa (Pacific Duck) Puna Teal, Anas versicolor puna African Yellowbill, Anas undulata (Yellowbilled Duck) Hawaiian Duck, Anas wyvilliana Ringed Teal, Calonetta leucophrys Pink-eared Duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus Marbled Teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris (Marbled Duck)
Tribe Somateriini	Eiders	Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri King Eider, Somateria spectabilis Common Eider, Somateria mollissima Fischer's Eider, Somateria fischeri
Tribe Athyini	Diving Ducks The genus Aythya	Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis Redhead, Aythya americana Australian White-eye, Aythya australis Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris Common Pochard, Aythya ferina Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup, Aythya marila New Zealand Scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae Ferruginous Duck, Aythya nyroca Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
	Red-crested Pochards The genus Netta	African Pochard, Netta erythrophthalma brunnea Red-crested Pochard, Netta rufina
Tribe Cairinini	Perching Ducks	Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata Carolina Duck, Aix sponsa Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata Maned Duck, Chenonetta jubata Crested Duck, Lophonetta specularioides Indian Pygmy Goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (Cotton Teal) Green Pygmy Goose, Nettapus pulchellus Comb Duck, Sarkidiornis melanotus (Knob-billed Duck)
Tribe Mergini	Scoters	White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca (American Velvet Scoter) American Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra americana Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra nigra (Common Scoter) Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
	Mergansers	Smew, Mergellus albellus Hooded Merganser, Mergus cucullatus Goosander, Mergus merganser (Common Merganser) Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
	Other Sea Ducks	Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis (Old Squaw) Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
Sub-Family Oxyuriniae	Stifftails	Australian Blue-billed Duck, Oxyura australis Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis White-headed Duck, Oxyura leucocephala Argentine Ruddy Duck (Lake Duck), Oxyura vittata
Sub-Family Thalassorninae	White-backed Duck	White-backed Duck, Thalassornis leuconotus