Ducks, Geese and Swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 48 species which occur in China.
- Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (A)
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa
- Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (A)
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri (A)
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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