Order | ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) |
Class | AVES (birds) |
Superclass | TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds) |
Phylum | CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
Superphylum | DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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in the field | Scott, P. | 1950 | A Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World | 1972 edition, 96pp, The Wildfowl Trust |
ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) |
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