The avian family Anatidae, commonly called waterfowl, comprise the ducks, geese, and swans. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 174 Anatidae species distributed among 53 genera, 32 of which have only one species. Eight species on the list are extinct; they are marked (E).[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| White-faced whistling duck | Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1 |
| Black-bellied whistling duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 2 |
| Spotted whistling duck | Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866 | 3 |
| West Indian whistling duck | Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4 |
| Fulvous whistling duck | Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) | 5 |
| Plumed whistling duck | Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) | 6 |
| Wandering whistling duck | Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) | 7 |
| Lesser whistling duck | Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821) | 8 |
| White-backed duck | Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton, 1838 | 9 |
| Cape Barren goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham, 1801 | 10 |
| Brant goose | Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 11 |
| Red-breasted goose | Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) | 12 |
| Nene | Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834) | 13 |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 14 |
| Barnacle goose | Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) | 15 |
| Cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832) | 16 |
| Bar-headed goose | Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) | 17 |
| Emperor goose | Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802) | 18 |
| Ross's goose | Anser rossii Cassin, 1861 | 19 |
| Snow goose | Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20 |
| Greylag goose | Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) | 21 |
| Swan goose | Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) | 22 |
| Taiga bean goose | Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) | 23 |
| Pink-footed goose | Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834 | 24 |
| Tundra bean goose | Anser serrirostris Gould, 1852 | 25 |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) | 26 |
| Lesser white-fronted goose | Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 27 |
| Coscoroba swan | Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782) | 28 |
| Black swan | Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) | 29 |
| Black-necked swan | Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782) | 30 |
| Mute swan | Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 31 |
| Trumpeter swan | Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831 | 32 |
| Tundra swan | Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) | 33 |
| Whooper swan | Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 34 |
| Freckled duck | Stictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841) | 35 |
| Blue duck | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 36 |
| Flying steamer duck | Tachyeres patachonicus (King, PP, 1831) | 37 |
| Fuegian steamer duck | Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, JR, 1844) | 38 |
| Falkland steamer duck | Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790) | 39 |
| Chubut steamer duck | Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981 | 40 |
| Torrent duck | Merganetta armata Gould, 1842 | 41 |
| Spur-winged goose | Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 42 |
| Comb duck | Sarkidiornis sylvicola Ihering, HFA & Ihering, R, 1907 | 43 |
| Knob-billed duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769) | 44 |
| Blue-winged goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell, 1845) | 45 |
| Egyptian goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) | 46 |
| Mauritius sheldgoose | Alopochen mauritiana (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) (E) | 47 |
| Reunion sheldgoose | Alopochen kervazoi (Cowles, 1994) (E) | 48 |
| Orinoco goose | Neochen jubata (Spix, 1825) | 49 |
| Andean goose | Chloephaga melanoptera (Eyton, 1838) | 50 |
| Upland goose | Chloephaga picta (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 51 |
| Kelp goose | Chloephaga hybrida (Molina, 1782) | 52 |
| Ashy-headed goose | Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater, PL, 1857 | 53 |
| Ruddy-headed goose | Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater, PL, 1861 | 54 |
| Radjah shelduck | Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP, 1828) | 55 |
| Common shelduck | Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 56 |
| Ruddy shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) | 57 |
| South African shelduck | Tadorna cana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 58 |
| Australian shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828) | 59 |
| Paradise shelduck | Tadorna variegata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 60 |
| Crested shelduck | Tadorna cristata (Kuroda, Nm, 1917) (E) | 61 |
| Pink-eared duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) | 62 |
| Salvadori's teal | Salvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1894 | 63 |
| Muscovy duck | Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 64 |
| White-winged duck | Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842) | 65 |
| Hartlaub's duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1860) | 66 |
| Wood duck | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 67 |
| Mandarin duck | Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 68 |
| Maned duck | Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801) | 69 |
| African pygmy goose | Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783) | 70 |
| Cotton pygmy goose | Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 71 |
| Green pygmy goose | Nettapus pulchellus Gould, 1842 | 72 |
| Brazilian teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 73 |
| Ringed teal | Callonetta leucophrys (Vieillot, 1816) | 74 |
| Crested duck | Lophonetta specularioides (King, PP, 1828) | 75 |
| Bronze-winged duck | Speculanas specularis (King, PP, 1828) | 76 |
| Baikal teal | Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi, 1775) | 77 |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 78 |
| Blue-billed teal | Spatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838) | 79 |
| Puna teal | Spatula puna (Tschudi, 1844) | 80 |
| Silver teal | Spatula versicolor (Vieillot, 1816) | 81 |
| Red shoveler | Spatula platalea (Vieillot, 1816) | 82 |
| Cinnamon teal | Spatula cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1816) | 83 |
| Blue-winged teal | Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766) | 84 |
| Cape shoveler | Spatula smithii Hartert, EJO, 1891 | 85 |
| Australasian shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis (Latham, 1801) | 86 |
| Northern shoveler | Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 87 |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera (Linnaeus, 1758) | 88 |
| Falcated duck | Mareca falcata (Georgi, 1775) | 89 |
| Eurasian wigeon | Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758) | 90 |
| Chiloe wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix (Poeppig, 1829) | 91 |
| American wigeon | Mareca americana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 92 |
| Amsterdam wigeon | Mareca marecula (Olson & Jouventin, 1996) (E) | 93 |
| African black duck | Anas sparsa Eyton, 1838 | 94 |
| Yellow-billed duck | Anas undulata Dubois, CF, 1838 | 95 |
| Meller's duck | Anas melleri Sclater, PL, 1865 | 96 |
| Pacific black duck | Anas superciliosa Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 97 |
| Laysan duck | Anas laysanensis Rothschild, 1892 | 98 |
| Hawaiian duck | Anas wyvilliana Sclater, PL, 1878 | 99 |
| Philippine duck | Anas luzonica Fraser, 1839 | 100 |
| Indian spot-billed duck | Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR, 1781 | 101 |
| Eastern spot-billed duck | Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 | 102 |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 | 103 |
| Mottled duck | Anas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 | 104 |
| American black duck | Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902 | 105 |
| Mexican duck | Anas diazi Ridgway, 1886 | 106 |
| Cape teal | Anas capensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 107 |
| White-cheeked pintail | Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 | 108 |
| Red-billed teal | Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 109 |
| Yellow-billed pintail | Anas georgica Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 110 |
| Eaton's pintail | Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) | 111 |
| Northern pintail | Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 | 112 |
| Eurasian teal | Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 | 113 |
| Green-winged teal | Anas carolinensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 114 |
| Yellow-billed teal | Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 | 115 |
| Andean teal | Anas andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) | 116 |
| Sunda teal | Anas gibberifrons Müller, S, 1842 | 117 |
| Andaman teal | Anas albogularis (Hume, 1873) | 118 |
| Mascarene teal | Anas theodori Newton, E & Gadow, 1893 (E) | 119 |
| Grey teal | Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 | 120 |
| Chestnut teal | Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838) | 121 |
| Bernier's teal | Anas bernieri (Hartlaub, 1860) | 122 |
| Brown teal | Anas chlorotis Gray, GR, 1845 | 123 |
| Auckland teal | Anas aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1844) | 124 |
| Campbell teal | Anas nesiotis (Fleming, JH, 1935) | 125 |
| Marbled duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétriés, 1832) | 126 |
| Pink-headed duck | Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham, 1790) (E) | 127 |
| Red-crested pochard | Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773) | 128 |
| Rosy-billed pochard | Netta peposaca (Vieillot, 1816) | 129 |
| Southern pochard | Netta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1833) | 130 |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria (Wilson, A, 1814) | 131 |
| Redhead | Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838) | 132 |
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 133 |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838) | 134 |
| Madagascar pochard | Aythya innotata (Salvadori, 1894) | 135 |
| Baer's pochard | Aythya baeri (Radde, 1863) | 136 |
| Ferruginous duck | Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) | 137 |
| New Zealand scaup | Aythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 138 |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris (Donovan, 1809) | 139 |
| Tufted duck | Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 140 |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761) | 141 |
| Lesser scaup | Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838) | 142 |
| Steller's eider | Polysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769) | 143 |
| Spectacled eider | Somateria fischeri (Brandt, JF, 1847) | 144 |
| King eider | Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 145 |
| Common eider | Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) | 146 |
| Harlequin duck | Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 147 |
| Labrador duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E) | 148 |
| Surf scoter | Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 149 |
| Velvet scoter | Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | 150 |
| White-winged scoter | Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) | 151 |
| Stejneger's scoter | Melanitta stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887) | 152 |
| Common scoter | Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) | 153 |
| Black scoter | Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832) | 154 |
| Long-tailed duck | Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 155 |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758) | 156 |
| Common goldeneye | Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 157 |
| Barrow's goldeneye | Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 158 |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 159 |
| Hooded merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 160 |
| New Zealand merganser | Mergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (E) | 161 |
| Brazilian merganser | Mergus octosetaceus Vieillot, 1817 | 162 |
| Common merganser | Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 | 163 |
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 | 164 |
| Scaly-sided merganser | Mergus squamatus Gould, 1864 | 165 |
| Black-headed duck | Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841) | 166 |
| Masked duck | Nomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 167 |
| Ruddy duck | Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 168 |
| Andean duck | Oxyura ferruginea (Eyton, 1838) | 169 |
| Lake duck | Oxyura vittata (Philippi, 1860) | 170 |
| Blue-billed duck | Oxyura australis Gould, 1837 | 171 |
| Maccoa duck | Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838) | 172 |
| White-headed duck | Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769) | 173 |
| Musk duck | Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796) | 174 |
References
- ↑ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2024). "Screamers, ducks, geese, swans". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
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