List of Anatidae species


The avian family Anatidae, commonly called waterfowl, comprise the ducks, geese, and swans. The International Ornithological Congress 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.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
White-faced whistling duckDendrocygna viduata1
Black-bellied whistling duckDendrocygna autumnalis2
Spotted whistling duckDendrocygna guttata3
West Indian whistling duckDendrocygna arborea4
Fulvous whistling duckDendrocygna bicolor5
Plumed whistling duckDendrocygna eytoni6
Wandering whistling duckDendrocygna arcuata7
Lesser whistling duckDendrocygna javanica8
White-backed duckThalassornis leuconotus9
Cape Barren gooseCereopsis novaehollandiae10
Brant gooseBranta bernicla11
Red-breasted gooseBranta ruficollis12
NeneBranta sandvicensis13
Canada gooseBranta canadensis14
Barnacle gooseBranta leucopsis15
Cackling gooseBranta hutchinsii16
Bar-headed gooseAnser indicus17
Emperor gooseAnser canagicus18
Ross's gooseAnser rossii19
Snow gooseAnser caerulescens20
Greylag gooseAnser anser21
Swan gooseAnser cygnoides22
Taiga bean gooseAnser fabalis23
Pink-footed gooseAnser brachyrhynchus24
Tundra bean gooseAnser serrirostris25
Greater white-fronted gooseAnser albifrons26
Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropus27
Coscoroba swanCoscoroba coscoroba28
Black swanCygnus atratus29
Black-necked swanCygnus melancoryphus30
Mute swanCygnus olor31
Trumpeter swanCygnus buccinator32
Tundra swanCygnus columbianus33
Whooper swanCygnus cygnus34
Freckled duckStictonetta naevosa35
Blue duckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos36
Flying steamer duckTachyeres patachonicus37
Fuegian steamer duckTachyeres pteneres38
Falkland steamer duckTachyeres brachypterus39
Chubut steamer duckTachyeres leucocephalus40
Torrent duckMerganetta armata41
Spur-winged goosePlectropterus gambensis42
Comb duckSarkidiornis sylvicola43
Knob-billed duckSarkidiornis melanotos44
Blue-winged gooseCyanochen cyanoptera45
Egyptian gooseAlopochen aegyptiaca46
Mauritius sheldgooseAlopochen mauritiana 47
Reunion sheldgooseAlopochen kervazoi 48
Orinoco gooseNeochen jubata49
Andean gooseChloephaga melanoptera50
Upland gooseChloephaga picta51
Kelp gooseChloephaga hybrida52
Ashy-headed gooseChloephaga poliocephala53
Ruddy-headed gooseChloephaga rubidiceps54
Raja shelduckRadjah radjah55
Common shelduckTadorna tadorna56
Ruddy shelduckTadorna ferruginea57
South African shelduckTadorna cana58
Australian shelduckTadorna tadornoides59
Paradise shelduckTadorna variegata60
Crested shelduckTadorna cristata 61
Pink-eared duckMalacorhynchus membranaceus62
Salvadori's tealSalvadorina waigiuensis63
Muscovy duckCairina moschata64
White-winged duckAsarcornis scutulata65
Hartlaub's duckPteronetta hartlaubii66
Wood duckAix sponsa67
Mandarin duckAix galericulata68
Maned duckChenonetta jubata69
African pygmy gooseNettapus auritus70
Cotton pygmy gooseNettapus coromandelianus71
Green pygmy gooseNettapus pulchellus72
Brazilian tealAmazonetta brasiliensis73
Ringed tealCallonetta leucophrys74
Crested duckLophonetta specularioides75
Bronze-winged duckSpeculanas specularis76
Baikal tealSibirionetta formosa77
GarganeySpatula querquedula78
Hottentot tealSpatula hottentota79
Puna tealSpatula puna80
Silver tealSpatula versicolor81
Red ShovelerSpatula platalea82
Cinnamon tealSpatula cyanoptera83
Blue-winged tealSpatula discors84
Cape shovelerSpatula smithii85
Australasian shovelerSpatula rhynchotis86
Northern shovelerSpatula clypeata87
GadwallMareca strepera88
Falcated duckMareca falcata89
Eurasian wigeonMareca penelope90
Chiloe wigeonMareca sibilatrix91
American wigeonMareca americana92
Amsterdam wigeonMareca marecula 93
African black duckAnas sparsa94
Yellow-billed duckAnas undulata95
Meller's duckAnas melleri96
Pacific black duckAnas superciliosa97
Laysan duckAnas laysanensis98
Hawaiian duckAnas wyvilliana99
Philippine duckAnas luzonica100
Indian spot-billed duckAnas poecilorhyncha101
Eastern spot-billed duckAnas zonorhyncha102
MallardAnas platyrhynchos103
Mottled duckAnas fulvigula104
American black duckAnas rubripes105
Mexican duckAnas diazi106
Cape tealAnas capensis107
White-cheeked pintailAnas bahamensis108
Red-billed tealAnas erythrorhyncha109
Yellow-billed pintailAnas georgica110
Eaton's pintailAnas eatoni111
Northern pintailAnas acuta112
Eurasian tealAnas crecca113
Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis114
Yellow-billed tealAnas flavirostris115
Andean tealAnas andium116
Sunda tealAnas gibberifrons117
Andaman tealAnas albogularis118
Mascarene tealAnas theodori 119
Grey tealAnas gracilis120
Chestnut tealAnas castanea121
Bernier's tealAnas bernieri122
Brown tealAnas chlorotis123
Auckland tealAnas aucklandica124
Campbell tealAnas nesiotis125
Marbled duckMarmaronetta angustirostris126
Pink-headed duckRhodonessa caryophyllacea 127
Red-crested pochardNetta rufina128
Rosy-billed pochardNetta peposaca129
Southern pochardNetta erythrophthalma130
CanvasbackAythya valisineria131
RedheadAythya americana132
Common pochardAythya ferina133
HardheadAythya australis134
Madagascan pochardAythya innotata135
Baer's pochardAythya baeri136
Ferruginous duckAythya nyroca137
New Zealand scaupAythya novaeseelandiae138
Ring-necked duckAythya collaris139
Tufted duckAythya fuligula140
Greater scaupAythya marila141
Lesser scaupAythya affinis142
Steller's eiderPolysticta stelleri143
Spectacled eiderSomateria fischeri144
King eiderSomateria spectabilis145
Common eiderSomateria mollissima146
Harlequin duckHistrionicus histrionicus147
Labrador duckCamptorhynchus labradorius 148
Surf scoterMelanitta perspicillata149
Velvet scoterMelanitta fusca150
White-winged scoterMelanitta deglandi151
Stejneger's scoterMelanitta stejnegeri152
Common scoterMelanitta nigra153
Black scoterMelanitta americana154
Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalis155
BuffleheadBucephala albeola156
Common goldeneyeBucephala clangula157
Barrow's goldeneyeBucephala islandica158
SmewMergellus albellus159
Hooded merganserLophodytes cucullatus160
New Zealand merganserMergus australis 161
Brazilian merganserMergus octosetaceus162
Common merganserMergus merganser163
Red-breasted merganserMergus serrator164
Scaly-sided merganserMergus squamatus165
Black-headed duckHeteronetta atricapilla166
Masked duckNomonyx dominicus167
Ruddy duckOxyura jamaicensis168
Andean duckOxyura ferruginea169
Lake duckOxyura vittata170
Blue-billed duckOxyura australis171
Maccoa duckOxyura maccoa172
White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala173
Musk duckBiziura lobata174