| IOC English Name | Scientific Name | Range | Comments |
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ORDER ANSERIFORMES |
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Screamers (3) |
Family Anhimidae |
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| Horned Screamer | Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766) | SA : n, c | |
| Northern Screamer | Chauna chavaria (Linnaeus, 1766) | SA : Colombia, Venezuela | |
| Southern Screamer | Chauna torquata (Oken, 1816) | SA : c, s | |
Magpie Goose (1) |
Family Anseranatidae |
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| Magpie Goose | Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) | AU : New Guinea, n Australia | |
Ducks, Geese and Swans (172) |
Family Anatidae |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) | AF, SA : widespread | |
| Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, LA : se Texas to n Argentina | |
| D. a. fulgens Friedmann, 1947 | se Texas to Panama | ||
| D. a. autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Panama to Ecuador and n Argentina | ||
| Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866 | OR, AU : Philippines to New Guinea | |
| West Indian Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : West Indies | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) | NA, LA, AF, OR : widespread | |
| Plumed Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) | AU : Australia | |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) | OR, AU : Philippines to Australia | |
| D. a. arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) | Philippines to Indonesia | ||
| D. a. pygmaea Mayr, 1945 | New Britain I. (Bismarck Arch.) | ||
| D. a. australis Reichenbach, 1850 | s New Guinea, n and e Australia | ||
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : widespread | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton, 1838 | AF : widespread | |
| T. l. leuconotus Eyton, 1838 | e Cameroon to s Ethiopia and South Africa | ||
| T. l. insularis Richmond, 1897 | Madagascar | ||
| Cape Barren Goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham, 1802 | AU : s Australia | |
| C. n. novaehollandiae Latham, 1802 | s Australia, Tasmania | ||
| C. n. grisea (Vieillot, 1818) | Recherche Arch. (sw Australia) | ||
| Swan Goose | Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : e | |
| Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) | EU : n | ENG : Change English name Anser fabalis to Taiga Bean Goose with split of A.serrirostris (AOU 2007) |
| A. f. fabalis (Latham, 1787) | Scandinavia to nc Siberia | ||
| A. f. johanseni Delacour, 1951 | w Siberia | ||
| A. f. middendorffii Severtsov, 1873 | e Siberia | ||
| Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris Swinhoe, 1871 | EU : n | AS : Anser serrirostris is split from A.fabalis (AOU 2007) |
| A. s. rossicus Buturlin, 1933 | n Russia, nw Siberia | ||
| A. s. serrirostris Swinhoe, 1871 | ne Siberia | ||
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834 | EU : nw | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : c, w | |
| A. a. anser (Linnaeus, 1758) | n and c Europe | ||
| A. a. rubrirostris Swinhoe, 1871 | ec Europe to China | ||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) | NA, MA, EU : widespread | |
| A. a. flavirostris Dalgety & Scott, P, 1948 | w Greenland | ||
| A. a. albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) | n Russia | ||
| A. a. elgasi Delacour & Ripley, 1975 | s Alaska (USA) | ||
| A. a. gambelli Hartlaub, 1852 | Alaska, nw and nc Canada | ||
| A. a. sponsa Banks, 2011 | w Alaska (USA) | ||
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : n | |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) | EU : c | |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : n | |
| C. c. caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | ne Siberia, n Alaska (USA), nw Canada | ||
| C. c. atlantica Kennard, 1927 | ne Canada, nw Greenland | ||
| Ross's Goose | Chen rossii (Cassin, 1861) | NA : n | |
| Emperor Goose | Chen canagica (Sevastianov, 1802) | NA, EU : w Alaska, ne Siberia | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : widespread | |
| B. c. occidentalis (Baird, SF, 1858) | sw Alaska | ||
| B. c. fulva Delacour, 1951 | s Alaska (USA), w Bitish Columbia (Canada) | ||
| B. c. maxima Delacour, 1951 | sc Canada | ||
| B. c. parvipes (Cassin, 1852) | c Alaska (USA) to c Canada | ||
| B. c. moffitti Aldrich, 1946 | sw Canada and nw USA | ||
| B. c. interior Todd, 1938 | sc Canada | ||
| B. c. canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | e Canada | ||
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832) | NA : c Canada | |
| B. h. asiatica † Aldrich, 1946 | Bering I., n Kurile Is.(ne Russia) | ||
| B. h. leucopareia (Brandt, 1836) | Aleutian Is.(USA) | ||
| B. h. minima Ridgway, 1885 | w Alaska (USA) | ||
| B. h. taverneri Delacour, 1951 | ne Alaska (USA), n Canada | ||
| B. h. hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832) | nc Canada, Greenland | ||
| Nene | Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834) | PO : Hawaiian Islands | |
| Brant Goose | Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : widespread | |
| B. b. bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) | nw and nc Russia | ||
| B. b. hrota (Müller, OF, 1776) | ne Canada, Greenland, Spitzbergen | ||
| B. b. nigricans (Lawrence, 1846) | ne Siberia, Alaska, nw Canada | ||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) | EU : nw | |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) | EU : n | |
| Coscoroba Swan | Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782) | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) | AU : Australia, New Zealand | |
| Black-necked Swan | Cygnus melancoryphus (Molina, 1782) | SA : Southern Cone | TAX : Change Spelling of Cygnus melanocoryphus to Cygnus melancoryphus (David & Gosselin 2002; SACC) |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | EU : Europe to c Asia | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831 | NA : nw | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) | EU, NA : n | |
| C. c. columbianus (Ord, 1815) | Alaska, n Canada | ||
| C. c. bewickii Yarrel, 1830 | n Eurasia | ||
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : n | |
| Freckled Duck | Stictonetta naevosa (Gould, 1841) | AU : se, sw Australia | |
| Blue Duck | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AU : New Zealand | |
| Flying Steamer Duck | Tachyeres patachonicus (King, 1831) | SA : s | |
| Fuegian Steamer Duck | Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, JR, 1844) | SA : s | |
| Falkland Steamer Duck | Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790) | SA : Falkland Islands | |
| Chubut Steamer Duck | Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981 | SA : se Argentina | |
| Torrent Duck | Merganetta armata Gould, 1842 | SA : Venezuela to c Chile and w Argentina | |
| M. a. colombiana Des Murs, 1845 | w Venezuela and n Colombia to c Ecuador | ||
| M. a. leucogenis (Tschudi, 1843) | n Peru | ||
| M. a. turneri Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869 | s Peru, n Chile | ||
| M. a. garleppi Berlepsch, 1894 | n Bolivia | ||
| M. a. berlepschi Hartert, 1909 | s Bolivia, nw Argentina | ||
| M. a. armata Gould, 1842 | w Argentina, Chile | ||
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | AF : widespread | |
| P. g. gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | Gambia to Ethiopia south to Angola and Mozambique | ||
| P. g. niger Sclater, PL, 1877 | Namibia and Zimbabwe through South Africa | ||
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis sylvicola von Ihering, H & von Ihering, R, 1907 | SA : widespread | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769) | AF, OR : widespread | |
| Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell, 1845) | AF : ne | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) | AF : widespread | |
| Mascarene Sheldgoose |
Alopochen mauritiana † (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) |
IO : Mauritius I., La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008. Includes A. kervazoi (Cowles, 1994) as a synonym (R. Roe in litt.) |
| Orinoco Goose | Neochen jubata (von Spix, 1825) | SA : Amazonia | |
| Andean Goose | Chloephaga melanoptera (Eyton, 1838) | SA : Peru to s Chile and Argentina | |
| Upland Goose | Chloephaga picta (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SA : Southern Cone | |
| C. p. picta (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | s Chile, s Argentina | ||
| C. p. leucoptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | Falkland Is. | ||
| Kelp Goose | Chloephaga hybrida (Molina, 1782) | SA : s | |
| C. h. hybrida (Molina, 1782) | s Chile, s Argentina | ||
| C. h. malvinarum Phillips, JC, 1916 | Falkland Is. | ||
| Ashy-headed Goose | Chloephaga poliocephala Sclater, PL, 1857 | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Ruddy-headed Goose | Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater, PL, 1861 | SA : s | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU, AF : widespread | |
| Raja Shelduck | Tadorna radjah (Lesson, 1828) | AU : n Australia, New Guinea | |
| T. r. radjah (Lesson, 1828) | Moluccas to New Guinea | ||
| T. r. rufitergum Hartert, 1905 | n and e Australia | ||
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) | EU : c, s | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AF : s | |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides (Jardine & Selby, 1828) | AU : Australia | |
| Paradise Shelduck | Tadorna variegata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AU : New Zealand | |
| Crested Shelduck | Tadorna cristata † (Kuroda, 1917) | EU : ne Eurasia | EXTINCT : |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1802) | AU : Australia | |
| Salvadori's Teal | Salvadorina waigiuensis Rothschild & Hartert, 1894 | AU : New Guinea | |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, LA : s Texas to n Argentina | |
| White-winged Duck | Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842) | OR : Southeast Asia, Sumatra | |
| Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1860) | AF : w, wc | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : widespread | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : e | |
| Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1802) | AU : Australia | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783) | AF : widespread | |
| Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | OR : widespread | |
| N. c. coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | India to s China, Indonesia and New Guinea | ||
| N. c. albipennis Gould, 1842 | ne Australia | ||
| Green Pygmy Goose | Nettapus pulchellus Gould, 1842 | AU : New Guinea, n Australia | |
| Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SA : Amazonia, se | |
| A. b. brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | e Colombia to e Brazil | ||
| A. b. ipecutiri (Vieillot, 1816) | e Bolivia to s Brazil and n Argentina | ||
| Ringed Teal | Callonetta leucophrys (Vieillot, 1816) | SA : sc | |
| Crested Duck | Lophonetta specularioides (King, 1828) | SA : s | |
| L. s. alticola (Ménégaux, 1909) | c Peru to c Chile and nw Argentina | ||
| L. s. specularioides (King, 1828) | s Chile, s Argentina, Falkland Is. | ||
| Bronze-winged Duck | Speculanas specularis (King, 1828) | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 | AF : c, sc, s | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | |
| A. s. strepera Linnaeus, 1758 | n, c EU, NA | ||
| A. s. couesi † (Streets, 1876) |
Tabuaeran Is. (Kiribati) | ||
| Falcated Duck | Anas falcata Georgi, 1775 | EU : e | |
| Chiloe Wigeon | Anas sibilatrix Poeppig, 1829 | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : n | |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana Gmelin, JF, 1789 | NA : widespread | |
| Amsterdam Wigeon | Anas marecula † Olson & Jouventin, 1996 | IO : Amsterdam I. | EXTINCT : Olson, S.L. & Jouventin, P. 1996 |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa Eyton, 1838 | AF : widespread | |
| A. s. leucostigma Rüppell, 1845 | Nigeria to DR Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and Angola | ||
| A. s. sparsa Eyton, 1838 | Namibia and s Zimbabwe to South Africa | ||
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902 | NA : ne, c, e | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | |
| A. p. platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 | Europe, Asia, North America | ||
| A. p. conboschas Brehm, CL, 1831 | Greenland | ||
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 | NA : sc, se | |
| A. f. fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 | Florida (se USA) | ||
| A. f. maculosa Sennett, 1889 | sc USA, ne Mexico | ||
| Mexican Duck | Anas diazi Ridgway, 1886 | NA, MA : sw US to n,c Mexico highlands | AS : Mexican Duck Anas diazi is related to Black and Mottled Ducks and should be recognized ( McCracken et al 2001); Lump by AOU cites only Hubbard (1977) |
| Hawaiian Duck | Anas wyvilliana Sclater, PL, 1878 | PO : Hawaiian Islands | |
| Laysan Duck | Anas laysanensis Rothschild, 1892 | PO : Laysan Island | |
| Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica Fraser, 1839 | OR : Philippines | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa Gmelin, JF, 1789 | AU : widespread | |
| A. s. rogersi Mathews, 1912 | Sundas to w New Guinea, w Australia and Tasmania | ||
| A. s. superciliosa Gmelin, JF, 1789 | New Zealand | ||
| A. s. pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | n and c New Guinea to Solomon Is. and French Polynesia | ||
| Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR, 1781 | OR : s, se Asia from Pakistan, s to Sri Lanka, e to Laos and n to sw Yunnan | |
| A. p. poecilorhyncha Forster, JR, 1781 | India, Sri Lanka | ||
| A. p. haringtoni (Oates, 1907) | Burma to s China and Laos | ||
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 | OR : China, Southeast Asia | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata Dubois, CF, 1839 | AF : ec, sc, s | |
| A. u. ruppelli Blyth, 1855 | e Sudan, Ethiopia, n Kenya | ||
| A. u. undulata Dubois, CF, 1839 | s Kenya to Angola and w South Africa | ||
| Meller's Duck | Anas melleri Sclater, PL, 1865 | AF : Madagascar | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 | NA : n, c | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816 | NA, LA : w NA to s SA | |
| A. c. septentrionalium Snyder & Lumsden, 1951 | w North America | ||
| A. c. tropica Snyder & Lumsden, 1951 | nw Colombia | ||
| A. c. borreroi Snyder & Lumsden, 1951 | ec Colombia | ||
| A. c. orinoma (Oberholser, 1906) | Peru, Bolivia, n Chile, nw Argentina | ||
| A. c. cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816 | sw Peru to s Brazil and s Argentina, Falkland Is. | ||
| Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii (Hartert, 1891) | AF : s | |
| Red Shoveler | Anas platalea Vieillot, 1816 | SA : s | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1802 | AU : Australia, New Zealand | |
| A. r. rhynchotis Latham, 1802 | s Australia, Tasmania | ||
| A. r. variegata (Gould, 1856) | New Zealand | ||
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | |
| Bernier's Teal | Anas bernieri (Hartlaub, 1860) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Mascarene Teal | Anas theodori † Newton, E & Gadow, 1893 | IO : Mauritius I., La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008. |
| Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons Müller, S, 1842 | OR : Indonesia | |
| Andaman Teal | Anas albogularis (Hume, 1873) | OR : Andaman Is., Cocos Is. | AS : Anas albogularis is split from A. gibberifrons (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005. Followed in Clements 2007). |
| Grey Teal | Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 | AU : widespread | |
| A. g. gracilis Buller, 1869 |
New Guinea to Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand |
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| A. g. remissa † Ripley, 1942 |
Rennel I. (Solomon Islands) |
TAX : See Hume & Walters 2012, Dutson 2011 | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838) | AU : Australia | |
| Auckland Teal | Anas aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1844) | AU : Auckland Islands | ENG : Change English name of Anas aucklandica from Brown Teal to Auckland Teal with splits of A.nesiotis and A.chlorotis (now Brown Teal) |
| Campbell Teal | Anas nesiotis (Fleming, JH, 1935) | AU : Campbell Islands | AS : Anas nesiotis is split from A.aucklandica (Daugherty et al. 1999, Kennedy and Spencer 2000) |
| Brown Teal | Anas chlorotis Gray, GR, 1845 | AU : New Zealand | AS : Anas chlorotis is split from A.aucklandica (Daugherty et al. 1999, Kennedy and Spencer 2000) |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 | SA : also Caribbean | |
| A. b. bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 | West Indies, n South America | ||
| A. b. rubrirostris Vieillot, 1816 | s Ecuador and s Brazil to n Argentina and n Chile | ||
| A. b. galapagensis (Ridgway, 1890) | Galapagos Is. | ||
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, JF, 1789 | AF : e, sc, s | |
| Yellow-billed Teal | Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 | SA : w, s | TAX; ENG : Anas flavirostris includes subspecies oxyptera which may deserve recognition (Jaramillo 2003); CHANGE English name to Yellow-billed Teal per SACC |
| A. f. oxyptera Meyen, 1834 | n Peru to n Chile and n Argentina | ||
| A. f. flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 | Southern Cone, Falkland Is., South Georgia Is. | ||
| Andean Teal | Anas andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) | SA : Colombia, Ecuador | AS : Anas andium is split from A.flavirostris (Ridgely et al 2001, Hilty 2003, SACC 356) |
| A. a. altipetens (Conover, 1941) | e Colombia, w Venezuela | ||
| A. a. andium (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) | c and s Colombia to Ecuador | ||
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica Gmelin, JF, 1789 | SA : w, s | TAX : Anas georgica of South Georgia includes mainland subspecies spinicauda, which may deserve recognition (Jaramillo 2003, SACC needs proposal) |
| A. g. niceforoi † Wetmore & Borrero, 1946 | ec Colombia | EXTINCT : | |
| A. g. spinicauda Vieillot, 1816 | s Colombia to s Argentina and s Chile, Falkland Is. | ||
| A. g. georgica Gmelin, JF, 1789 | South Georgia Is. | ||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : n | |
| Eaton's Pintail | Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) | IO : Kerguelen Islands | |
| A. e. drygalskii Reichenow, 1904 | Crozet Is. | ||
| A. e. eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) | Kerguelen Is. | ||
| Garganey | Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : w, c, e | |
| Baikal Teal | Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 | EU : n | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : widespread | |
| A. c. crecca Linnaeus, 1758 | n and c Europe and Asia | ||
| A. c. nimia Friedmann, 1948 | Aleutian Is. | ||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis Gmelin, JF, 1789 | NA : widespread | |
| Silver Teal | Anas versicolor Vieillot, 1816 | SA : s | |
| A. v. versicolor Vieillot, 1816 | c Chile to s Brazil and s Argentina | ||
| A. v. fretensis King, 1831 | s Chile and s Argentina, Falkland Is. | ||
| Puna Teal | Anas puna Tschudi, 1844 | SA : Peru to nw Argentina | |
| Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota (Eyton, 1838) | AF : e, se, s, wc | |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétries, 1832) | EU : w, c | |
| Pink-headed Duck |
Rhodonessaca caryophyllacea † (Latham, 1790) |
OR : ne, e India, Burma | EXTINCT : |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773) | EU : w, c | |
| Rosy-billed Pochard | Netta peposaca (Vieillot, 1816) | SA : s | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) | AF, SA : e, se, s AF; Amazonia | |
| N. e. brunnea (Eyton, 1838) | Ethiopia to South Africa | ||
| N. e. erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) | Amazonia | ||
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria (Wilson, A, 1814) | NA : widespread | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838) | NA : widespread | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w, c | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis (Eyton, 1838) | AU : Australia | |
| A. a. australis (Eyton, 1838) | Australia, New Zealand | ||
| A. a. extima Mayr, 1940 | Vanuatu, New Caledonia | ||
| Madagascar Pochard | Aythya innotata (Salvadori, 1894) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri (Radde, 1863) | EU : e | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) | EU : w, c | |
| New Zealand Scaup | Aythya novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AU : New Zealand | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris (Donovan, 1809) | NA : widespread | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761) | NA, EU : widespread | |
| A. m. marila (Linnaeus, 1761) | n Eurasia | ||
| A. m. nearctica Stejneger, 1885 | ne Asia, n North America | ||
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838) | NA : widespread | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769) | NA, EU : Siberia, Alaska | |
| Spectacled Eider | Somateria fischeri (Brandt, 1847) | NA, EU : Siberia, Alaska | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | TAX : Some Common Eider subspecies including Pacific Eider S.m.v-nigrum may deserve species status (Livezey 1995, Garner & Millington 2010) |
| S. m. v-nigrum Bonaparte & Gray, GR, 1855 | ne Asia, Alaska | ||
| S. m. borealis (Brehm, CL, 1824) | ne Canada, Greenland | ||
| S. m. sedentaria Snyder, 1941 | Hudson Bay, James Bay (Canada) | ||
| S. m. dresseri Sharpe, 1871 | se Canada, ne USA | ||
| S. m. faeroeensis Brehm, CL, 1831 | Faeroe Is. | ||
| S. m. mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) | nw Eurasia | ||
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : n | |
| Labrador Duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius † (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
NA : Labrador? Gulf of St. Lawrence? | EXTINCT : |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : n | |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : n | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) | EU, NA : c, e Siberia, n NA | AS : Melanitta deglandi is split from M. fusca (Livezey 1995, BOU-Sangster et al. 2005) |
| M. d. stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887) | c and e Siberia | ||
| M. d. deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) | Alaska, n Canada | ||
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : n | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832) | NA : n | AS : Melanitta americana is split from M. nigra (Livezey 1995;Collinson et al. 2006, Sangster 2009); Accepted by BOU (Sangster et al. 2005) & AOU (2010, NACC Supplement 51, but English names were mixed up) |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : Siberia to n Canada | |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : n | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, EU : widespread | |
| B. c. clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) | n Eurasia | ||
| B. c. americana (Bonaparte, 1838) | n North America | ||
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | NA : nw, ne, also Iceland | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : widespread | |
| Auckland Merganser | Mergus australis † Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 | AU : Auckland Is., New Zealand | EXTINCT : |
| Brazilian Merganser | Mergus octosetaceus Vieillot, 1817 | SA : e, sc | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | |
| M. m. merganser Linnaeus, 1758 | Iceland, n Eurasia | ||
| M. m. orientalis Gould, 1845 | c Asia | ||
| M. m. americanus Cassin, 1852 | Canada, w USA | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | |
| Scaly-sided Merganser | Mergus squamatus Gould, 1864 | EU : e | |
| Black-headed Duck | Heteronetta atricapilla (Merrem, 1841) | SA : sc | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | LA : widespread | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | NA, MA : widespread | |
| O. j. rubida (Wilson, A, 1814) | s Canada, n USA | ||
| O. j. jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | West Indies | ||
| Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea (Eyton, 1838) | SA : Colombia to Southern Cone | AS : Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003, Dickinson 2003); SACC does not |
| Lake Duck | Oxyura vittata (Philippi, 1860) | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis Gould, 1837 | AU : Australia | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838) | AF : e, s | |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769) | EU : sw, c | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796) | AU : sw, se Australia |