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).
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequenceWhite-faced whistling duckDendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766)1Black-bellied whistling duckDendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)2Spotted whistling duckDendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 18663West Indian whistling duckDendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)4Fulvous whistling duckDendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816)5Plumed whistling duckDendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838)6Wandering whistling duckDendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824)7Lesser whistling duckDendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821)8White-backed duckThalassornis leuconotus Eyton, 18389Cape Barren gooseCereopsis novaehollandiae Latham, 180110Brant gooseBranta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)11Red-breasted gooseBranta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769)12NeneBranta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834)13Canada gooseBranta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)14Barnacle gooseBranta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)15Cackling gooseBranta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832)16Bar-headed gooseAnser indicus (Latham, 1790)17Emperor gooseAnser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802)18Ross's gooseAnser rossii Cassin, 186119Snow gooseAnser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)20Greylag gooseAnser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)21Swan gooseAnser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758)22Taiga bean gooseAnser fabalis (Latham, 1787)23Pink-footed gooseAnser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 183424Tundra bean gooseAnser serrirostris Gould, 185225Greater white-fronted gooseAnser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)26Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758)27Coscoroba swanCoscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782)28Black swanCygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)29Black-necked swanCygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782)30Mute swanCygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789)31Trumpeter swanCygnus buccinator Richardson, 183132Tundra swanCygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)33Whooper swanCygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)34Freckled duckStictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841)35Blue duckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789)36Flying steamer duckTachyeres patachonicus (King, PP, 1831)37Fuegian steamer duckTachyeres pteneres (Forster, JR, 1844)38Falkland steamer duckTachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790)39Chubut steamer duckTachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 198140Torrent duckMerganetta armata Gould, 184241Spur-winged goosePlectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766)42Comb duckSarkidiornis sylvicola Ihering, HFA & Ihering, R, 190743Knob-billed duckSarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769)44Blue-winged gooseCyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell, 1845)45Egyptian gooseAlopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)46Mauritius sheldgooseAlopochen mauritiana (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) (E)47Reunion sheldgooseAlopochen kervazoi (Cowles, 1994) (E)48Orinoco gooseNeochen jubata (Spix, 1825)49Andean gooseChloephaga melanoptera (Eyton, 1838)50Upland gooseChloephaga picta (Gmelin, JF, 1789)51Kelp gooseChloephaga hybrida (Molina, 1782)52Ashy-headed gooseChloephaga poliocephala Sclater, PL, 185753Ruddy-headed gooseChloephaga rubidiceps Sclater, PL, 186154Radjah shelduckRadjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, RP, 1828)55Common shelduckTadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)56Ruddy shelduckTadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764)57South African shelduckTadorna cana (Gmelin, JF, 1789)58Australian shelduckTadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828)59Paradise shelduckTadorna variegata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)60Crested shelduckTadorna cristata (Kuroda, Nm, 1917) (E)61Pink-eared duckMalacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801)62Salvadori's tealSalvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 189463Muscovy duckCairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)64White-winged duckAsarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842)65Hartlaub's duckPteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1860)66Wood duckAix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)67Mandarin duckAix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)68Maned duckChenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801)69African pygmy gooseNettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783)70Cotton pygmy gooseNettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)71Green pygmy gooseNettapus pulchellus Gould, 184272Brazilian tealAmazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)73Ringed tealCallonetta leucophrys (Vieillot, 1816)74Crested duckLophonetta specularioides (King, PP, 1828)75Bronze-winged duckSpeculanas specularis (King, PP, 1828)76Baikal tealSibirionetta formosa (Georgi, 1775)77GarganeySpatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)78Blue-billed tealSpatula hottentota (Eyton, 1838)79Puna tealSpatula puna (Tschudi, 1844)80Silver tealSpatula versicolor (Vieillot, 1816)81Red shovelerSpatula platalea (Vieillot, 1816)82Cinnamon tealSpatula cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1816)83Blue-winged tealSpatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)84Cape shovelerSpatula smithii Hartert, EJO, 189185Australasian shovelerSpatula rhynchotis (Latham, 1801)86Northern shovelerSpatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)87GadwallMareca strepera (Linnaeus, 1758)88Falcated duckMareca falcata (Georgi, 1775)89Eurasian wigeonMareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)90Chiloe wigeonMareca sibilatrix (Poeppig, 1829)91American wigeonMareca americana (Gmelin, JF, 1789)92Amsterdam wigeonMareca marecula (Olson & Jouventin, 1996) (E)93African black duckAnas sparsa Eyton, 183894Yellow-billed duckAnas undulata Dubois, CF, 183895Meller's duckAnas melleri Sclater, PL, 186596Pacific black duckAnas superciliosa Gmelin, JF, 178997Laysan duckAnas laysanensis Rothschild, 189298Hawaiian duckAnas wyvilliana Sclater, PL, 187899Philippine duckAnas luzonica Fraser, 1839100Indian spot-billed duckAnas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR, 1781101Eastern spot-billed duckAnas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866102MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758103Mottled duckAnas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874104American black duckAnas rubripes Brewster, 1902105Mexican duckAnas diazi Ridgway, 1886106Cape tealAnas capensis Gmelin, JF, 1789107White-cheeked pintailAnas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758108Red-billed tealAnas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, JF, 1789109Yellow-billed pintailAnas georgica Gmelin, JF, 1789110Eaton's pintailAnas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875)111Northern pintailAnas acuta Linnaeus, 1758112Eurasian tealAnas crecca Linnaeus, 1758113Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis Gmelin, JF, 1789114Yellow-billed tealAnas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816115Andean tealAnas andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873)116Sunda tealAnas gibberifrons Müller, S, 1842117Andaman tealAnas albogularis (Hume, 1873)118Mascarene tealAnas theodori Newton, E & Gadow, 1893 (E)119Grey tealAnas gracilis Buller, 1869120Chestnut tealAnas castanea (Eyton, 1838)121Bernier's tealAnas bernieri (Hartlaub, 1860)122Brown tealAnas chlorotis Gray, GR, 1845123Auckland tealAnas aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1844)124Campbell tealAnas nesiotis (Fleming, JH, 1935)125Marbled duckMarmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétriés, 1832)126Pink-headed duckRhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham, 1790) (E)127Red-crested pochardNetta rufina (Pallas, 1773)128Rosy-billed pochardNetta peposaca (Vieillot, 1816)129Southern pochardNetta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1833)130CanvasbackAythya valisineria (Wilson, A, 1814)131RedheadAythya americana (Eyton, 1838)132Common pochardAythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758)133HardheadAythya australis (Eyton, 1838)134Madagascar pochardAythya innotata (Salvadori, 1894)135Baer's pochardAythya baeri (Radde, 1863)136Ferruginous duckAythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770)137New Zealand scaupAythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789)138Ring-necked duckAythya collaris (Donovan, 1809)139Tufted duckAythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)140Greater scaupAythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761)141Lesser scaupAythya affinis (Eyton, 1838)142Steller's eiderPolysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769)143Spectacled eiderSomateria fischeri (Brandt, JF, 1847)144King eiderSomateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)145Common eiderSomateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)146Harlequin duckHistrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758)147Labrador duckCamptorhynchus labradorius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E)148Surf scoterMelanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)149Velvet scoterMelanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)150White-winged scoterMelanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)151Stejneger's scoterMelanitta stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887)152Common scoterMelanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)153Black scoterMelanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)154Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758)155BuffleheadBucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758)156Common goldeneyeBucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758)157Barrow's goldeneyeBucephala islandica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)158SmewMergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)159Hooded merganserLophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)160New Zealand merganserMergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (E)161Brazilian merganserMergus octosetaceus Vieillot, 1817162Common merganserMergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758163Red-breasted merganserMergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758164Scaly-sided merganserMergus squamatus Gould, 1864165Black-headed duckHeteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841)166Masked duckNomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)167Ruddy duckOxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)168Andean duckOxyura ferruginea (Eyton, 1838)169Lake duckOxyura vittata (Philippi, 1860)170Blue-billed duckOxyura australis Gould, 1837171Maccoa duckOxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838)172White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769)173Musk duckBiziura lobata (Shaw, 1796)174
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