Gallery of Anseriformes (Waterfowl)

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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Anseriformes Wagler, 1831

Order : Anseriformes (Waterfowl)

Family : Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)

Subfamily : Anatinae (Dabbling Ducks)

Genus : Aix

Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) on ice 01
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
♀ ♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Ducks)
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
♂ Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck)
Aix galericulata
(Mandarin Duck),
juvenile
♂ Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)
♂ Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)
♀ Aix sponsa
(Wood Duck)

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Genus : Anas

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) chick Denmark
রাঙ্গামুড়ি (Netta rufina), চুপি, পুরবস্থলি, বর্ধমান, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ.DSC3026
♂ Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail Duck)
♂ Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail Duck)
♂ Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail Duck)
at Llano Seco
♂ Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail Duck)
in flight at Llano Seco
♀ Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail Duck)
♀ Anas americana
(American Wigeon)
Anas penelope
(Eurasian Wigeon)
♀♂ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Weiherwald - Karlsruhe
♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
♂ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
♂ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
♂ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Bathing in a pond at golden hour in Don Det Laos
♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Waving its wings and shaking the head at golden hour in Don Det Laos
♂♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Two copulating ducks showing a corkscrew penis inserted in a cloaca in Don Det Laos
♀ Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Anas poecilorhyncha
(Indian Spot-billed Duck)
Anas poecilorhyncha
(Indian Spot-billed Duck)
Anas rubripes
(American Black Duck)
♂ Anas strepera
(Gadwall)

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See also: Anas (category)
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Genus : Aythya

Common Pochard 2026 04 06 04
Common Pochard 2026 04 06 15
Common Pochard 2025 11 09 01
Tufted Duck 2025 11 11 01
Tufted Duck 09 05 2025 02
Tufted Duck 09 05 2025 01
Drake Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Barengat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
Drake Greater scaup (Aythya marila) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
Hen greater scaup (Aythya marila) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
♂ Aythya americana
(Redhead)
in Central Park, New York City
♂ Aythya fuligula
(Tufted Duck)
Aythya fuligula
(Tufted Duck)
Aythya fuligula
(Tufted Duck)
Aythya fuligula
(Tufted Duck)
Aythya novaeseelandiae
(New Zealand Scaup)
Lake Victoria, New Zealand
Aythya nyroca
(Ferruginous Duck)
Aythya fuligula
Nagadaha lake, Nepal

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Genus : Bucephala

♀ Bucephala clangula
(Common Goldeneye)

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Genus : Cairina

Cairina moschata
(Muscovy Duck)
Cairina moschata
(Muscovy Duck)

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Genus : Dendrocygna

Dendrocygna arborea
(West Indian Whistling Duck)
Dendrocygna autumnalis
(Black-bellied Whistling Ducks)
Dendrocygna bicolor
(Fulvous Whistling Duck)
Dendrocygna bicolor
(Fulvous Whistling Duck)
Dendrocygna eytoni
(Plumed Whistling Duck)
Macquarie University

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Genus : Histrionicus

♂ Histrionicus histrionicus
(Harlequin Duck)
♀ Histrionicus histrionicus
(Harlequin Duck)

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Genus : Lophodytes

Female hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) resting in the Central Park Reservoir

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Genus : Mareca

Chiloe wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix) male Tricao 3
Mareca americana
(American Wigeon)
in flight at Llano Seco

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Genus : Melanitta

♂ Melanitta perspicillata
(Surf Scoter)

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Genus : Mergellus

♂ Mergellus albellus
(Smew)

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Genus : Mergus

♀ Mergus serrator
(Red-Breasted Merganser)
♂ Mergus serrator
(Red-Breasted Merganser)
Mergus serrator
(Red-Breasted Merganser),
juvenile
Head of a Mergus merganser merganser (female) - Geneva lake - GT 2025

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Genus : Somateria

Portrait einer männlichen Eiderente (Somateria mollissima) auf Norderney

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Genus : Spatula

♀ ♂ Spatula clypeata
(Northern Shoveler pair)
♂ Spatula clypeata
(Northern Shoveler)
Spatula cyanoptera
(Cinnamon Teal)
♂ Spatula rhynchotis
(Australasian shoveler)

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Subfamily : Anserinae (Swans and Geese)

Genus : Anser

Goose-Sitia-Crete-2
Goose-Sitia-Crete-1
Anser albifrons
(Greater White-fronted Goose)
Anser anser
(Greylag Goose)
Anser anser
(Greylag goose)
Feather of an Anser anser
(Greylag Goose)
Anser anser subsp. domesticus
(Domesticated Goose)
Anser anser subsp. domesticus
(Domesticated Goose)
Anser anser subsp. domesticus
(Domesticated Goose)
Anser anser subsp. domesticus
breed Emden
(Embden Goose)
Anser anser
(Greylag Geese)
in flight
Anser caerulescens
(Snow Goose)
Anser caerulescens
(Snow Goose)

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See also: Anser (category)
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Genus : Branta

Branta canadensis
(Canada Goose)
♀ Branta canadensis
(Canada Geese),
shelters goslings
Branta leucopsis
(Barnacle Goose)
Gosling in GWC (43721)

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Genus : Cereopsis

Cereopsis novaehollandiae
(Cape Barren Geese)
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
(Cape Barren Geese)
in flight

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Genus : Coscoroba

Coscoroba swans (Coscoroba coscoroba) pair with cygnets Laguna Nimez

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Genus : Cygnus

Mute swan (Cygnus olor) cygnet Denmark
Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus) Santiago
Cygnus atratus
(Black Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swans)
and cygnets
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
with cygnets
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swans),
cygnets
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
with cygnets
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan),
juvenile
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan),
juvenile
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan),
juvenile
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan),
immature
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan),
juvenile
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
Cygnus olor
(Mute Swan)
in fligth

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Subfamily : Tadorninae (Shelducks, Sheldgeese)

Genus : Alopochen

Egyptian goose (05633)
Alopochen aegyptiacus
(Egyptian Goose)
Alopochen aegyptiacus
(Egyptian Goose)
Egyptian goose 2025 09 12
Alopochen aegyptiacus
(Egyptian Goose gosling)
Alopochen aegyptiaca
(Egyptian Goose)
and goslings

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Genus : Chloephaga

Upland goose (Chloephaga picta picta) male Laguna Nimez

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Genus : Tadorna

♀ ♂ Tadorna ferruginea
(Ruddy Shelducks)
♂ (Tadorna variegata)
(Paradise shelduck)
♂ (Tadorna variegata)
(Paradise shelduck)

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