Waterfowl (Anseriformes)
Anseriformes is the scientific name for the order of waterfowl, also called wildfowl.
This order of aquatic birds includes all species of the world's ducks, geese, swans and screamers.
Screamers (Anhimides)
Screamers (Anhimidae)
- Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta
- Northern screamer, Chauna chavaria
- Crested screamer, Chauna torquata
Ducks, geese and swans (Anserides)
Magpie goose (Anseranatidae)
- Magpie goose, Anseranas semipalmata
Whistling ducks or Tree ducks (Dendrocygnidae)
- White-faced whistling duck, Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied whistling duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Spotted whistling duck, Dendrocygna guttata
- West-Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna arborea
- Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- Plumed (Eyton's) whistling duck, Dendrocygna eytoni
- Wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata
- Lesser whistling duck, Dendrocygna javanica
- White-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus
Stiff-tailed ducks and relatives (Oxyurinae)
- Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
- Lake duck (Argentine ruddy duck), Oxyura vittata
- Australian blue-billed duck, Oxyura australis
- Maccoa duck, Oxyura maccoa
- White-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala
- Masked duck, Oxyura dominica
- Musk duck, Biziura lobata
- Black-headed duck, Heteronetta atricapilla
- Freckled duck, Stictonetta naevosa
Geese and swans (Anserinae)
- Swan goose, Anser cygnoides
- Greylag goose, Anser anser
- Taiga bean goose, Anser fabalis
- Tundra bean goose, Anser serrirostris
- Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus
- Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
- Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
- Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus
- Emperor goose, Chen canagica
- Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
- Ross' goose, Chen rossii
- Canada goose, Branta canadensis
- Atlantic Canada goose, Branta canadensis canadensis - nominate race
- Lesser Canada goose, Branta canadensis parvipes
- Moffitt's Canada goose, Branta canadensis moffittii
- Interior Canada goose, Branta canadensis interior
- Dusky Canada goose, Branta canadensis occidentalis
- Vancouver Canada goose, Branta canadensis fulva
- Giant Canada goose, Branta canadensis maxima
- Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
- Richardson's Canada goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii - nominate race
- Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii minima
- Aleutian Canada goose, Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
- Taverner's Canada goose, Branta hutchinsii taverneri
- Bering Island Canada goose, Branta hutchinsii asiatica - extinct
- Hawaiian goose (Nene), Branta sandvicensis
- Brant goose (Brent goose), Branta bernicla
- Dark-bellied (Russian) Brant goose, Branta bernicla bernicla
- Pale-bellied (Atlantic) Brant goose, Branta bernicla hrota
- Black (Pacific) Brant goose, Branta bernicla nigricans
- Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
- Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis
- Cape Barren (Cereopsis) goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Coscoroba swan, Coscoroba coscoroba
- Black-necked swan, Cygnus melanocoryphus
- Black swan, Cygnus atratus
- Mute swan, Cygnus olor
- Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
- Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Whistling swan, Cygnus columbianus columbianus
- Bewick's swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii
- Jankowski's swan, Cygnus columbianus jankowskii
Spur-winged goose (Plectropterinae)
- Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis
Shelducks, sheldgeese and relatives (Tadorninae)
- Comb duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Blue-winged goose, Cyanochen cyanopterus
- Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
- Orinoco goose, Neochen jubatus
- Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera
- Magellan (Upland) goose, Chloephaga picta
- Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida
- Ashy-headed goose, Chloephaga poliocephala
- Ruddy-headed goose, Chloephaga rubidiceps
- Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
- Radjah shelduck, Tadorna radjah
- Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
- Cape shelduck, Tadorna cana
- Paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata
- Australian shelduck, Tadorna tadornoides
- Pink-eared duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Torrent duck, Merganetta armata
- New-Zealand blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
- Flying steamer duck, Tachyeres patachonicus
- Falkland steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
- Magellanic steamer duck, Tachyeres pteneres
- White-headed steamer duck, Tachyeres leucocephalus
Ducks (Anatinae)
- White-winged wood duck, Cairina scutulata
- Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
- Hartlaub's duck, Pteronetta hartlaubi
- Maned goose (Australian wood duck), Chenonetta jubata
- North American wood duck, Aix sponsa
- Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- African pygmy goose, Nettapus auritus
- Cotton pygmy goose, Nettapus coromandelianus
- Green pygmy goose, Nettapus pulchellus
- Brazilian duck, Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Salvadori's duck, Salvadorina waigiuensis
- Ringed teal, Callonetta leucophrys
- Cape teal, Anas capensis
- Crested duck, Lophonetta specularoides
- Spectacled duck, Speculanas specularis
- Gadwall, Anas strepera
- Falcated duck, Anas falcata
- Chiloé wigeon, Anas sibilatrix
- European wigeon, Anas penelope
- American wigeon, Anas americana
- Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- American black duck, Anas rubripes
- Mottled (Florida) duck, Anas fulvigula
- Hawaiian duck (Koloa), Anas wyvilliana
- Laysan teal (Laysan duck), Anas laysanensis
- Philippine duck, Anas luzonica
- Spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
- Pacific grey duck, Anas superciliosa
- Meller's duck, Anas melleri
- Yellow-billed duck, Anas undulata
- African Black duck, Anas sparsa
- Blue-winged teal, Anas discors
- Cinnamon teal, Anas cyanoptera
- Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
- Cape shoveler, Anas smithii
- Australian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis
- Red shoveler, Anas platalea
- Madagascar (Bernier's) teal, Anas bernieri
- Andaman teal, Anas albogularis
- East Indian grey teal, Anas gibberifrons
- Australian grey teal, Anas gracilis
- Chestnut teal, Anas castanea
- New Zealand brown teal, Anas chlorotis
- Auckland Island flightless teal, Anas aucklandica
- Campbell Island flighless teal, Anas nesiotis
- Northern pintail, Anas acuta
- Eaton's pintail, Anas eatoni
- Yellow-billed pintail, Anas georgica
- Bahama (White-cheeked) pintail, Anas bahamensis
- Red-billed Pintail, Anas erythrorhyncha
- Speckled teal, Anas flavirostris
- Garganey, Anas querquedula
- Baikal teal, Anas formosa
- Eurasian green-winged (Common) teal, Anas crecca
- American green-winged (Common) teal, Anas carolinensis
- Puna teal, Anas puna
- Versicolored (Silver) teal, Anas versicolor
- Hottentot teal, Anas hottentota
- Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina
- Rosy-billed pochard, Netta peposaca
- Southern pochard, Netta erythrophthalma
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
- Common pochard, Aythya ferina
- Redhead, Aythya americana
- Australian White-eye duck, Aythya australis
- Madagascar pochard, Aythya innotata
- Ferruginous pochard, Aythya nyroca
- Baer's pochard, Aythya baeri
- New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae
- Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
- Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
- Greater scaup, Aythya marila
- Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
- Common eider, Somateria mollissima
- Pacific eider, Somateria v-nigra
- Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri
- King eider, Somateria spectabilis
- Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri
- Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
- Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
- Black scoter, Melanitta nigra
- White-winged (Velvet) scoter, Melanitta fusca
- Long-tailed duck (Oldsquaw), Clangula hyemalis
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
- Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
- Smew, Mergellus albellus
- Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brazilian merganser, Mergus octosetaceus
- Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
- Scaly-sided (Chinese) merganser, Mergus squamatus
- Common merganser (Goosander), Mergus merganser