ANATIDAE
(wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aix sponsa
Carolina Wood Duck
Species 1 ident. refs
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Egyptian Goose
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 		Species 10 images 1 ident. refs
Anas
ducks
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 113 images 1 ident. refs
Anser
geese, goose
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 14 images 3 ident. refs
Aythya
a genus of ducks
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 67 images
Branta
a genus of geese
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 34 images 1 ident. refs
Cygnus
swans
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 105 images 1 ident. refs
Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Merganser
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 38 images
Mareca
a genus of birds
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 25 images
Oxyura
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Spatula
a genus of birds
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Tadorna
a genus of birds
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
[Geese]
Geese
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 		Informal 8 subtaxa 48 images 8 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 27 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
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