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

References

  1. 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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