Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating on the water surface, and, in some cases, diving in at least shallow water.

Species in this family

• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
• Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Andaman Teal Anas albogularis
• Andean Teal Anas andium
• Auckland Islands Teal Anas aucklandica
• White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
• Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri
• Cape Teal Anas capensis
• Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
• Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
• Eurasian/Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Mexican Duck Anas diazi
• Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni
• Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
• Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
• Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
• Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
• Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons
• Grey Teal Anas gracilis
• Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis
• Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
• Meller's Duck Anas melleri
• Campbell Islands Teal Anas nesiotis
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• African Black Duck Anas sparsa
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
• Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
• Hawaiian Duck Anas wyvilliana
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Ross's Goose Anser rossii
• Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
• White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Hardhead Aythya australis
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Musk Duck Biziura lobata
• Brent Goose Branta bernicla
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
• Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
• Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
• Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius
• Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
• Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
• Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida
• Upland Goose Chloephaga picta
• Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala
• Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
• Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
• Black Swan Cygnus atratus
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
• Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea
• Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
• Spotted Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna guttata
• Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
• White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
• Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides
• Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
• Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
• Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
• Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Goosander Mergus merganser
• Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
• Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
• Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
• African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
• Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
• Green Pygmy-Goose Nettapus pulchellus
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
• Orinoco Goose Oressochen jubatus
• Andean Goose Oressochen melanopterus
• Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
• Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
• White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
• Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
• Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
• Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
• Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
• Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
• Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
• Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
• Salvadori's Teal Salvadorina waigiuensis
• Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
• Common Eider Somateria mollissima
• King Eider Somateria spectabilis
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
• Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
• Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
• Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
• Puna Teal Spatula puna
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
• Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
• Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
• Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis
• Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
• Falkland Steamer-Duck Tachyeres brachypterus
• White-headed Steamer-Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus
• Flying Steamer-Duck Tachyeres patachonicus
• Flightless Steamer-Duck Tachyeres pteneres
• South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
• Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
• Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
• White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus

Lookalikes compared

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck vs Bar-headed Goose
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck vs Red-breasted Goose
• Black-headed Duck vs Lake Duck
• Blue-billed Teal vs Yellow-billed Duck
• Brent Goose vs Goosander
• Common Eider vs White-headed Duck
• Common Goldeneye vs White-headed Duck
• Common Pochard vs Goosander
• Eurasian/Green-winged Teal vs Common Goldeneye
• Eurasian/Green-winged Teal vs Goosander
• Gadwall vs Common Pochard
• Gadwall vs Eurasian/Green-winged Teal
• Gadwall vs Goosander
• Greylag Goose vs Garganey
• Hawaiian Duck vs American Black Duck
• Laysan Duck vs Hawaiian Duck
• Lesser Scaup vs Common Eider
• Muscovy Duck vs Surf Scoter
• Paradise Shelduck vs Blue Duck
• Plumed Whistling-Duck vs Fulvous Whistling-Duck
• Plumed Whistling-Duck vs White-faced Whistling-Duck
• Ringed Teal vs Yellow-billed Pintail
• White-faced Whistling-Duck vs West Indian Whistling-Duck
• Wood Duck vs Long-tailed Duck