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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - ANSERIFORMES   African Black Duck i    Anatidae    Anas sparsa  AF widespread  African Pygmy Goose i    Anatidae    Nettapus auritus  AF s of the Sahara  American Black Duck i    Anatidae    Anas rubripes  NA e Canada and ne USA  American Wigeon i    Anatidae    Mareca americana  NA Alaska, Canada and n USA  Amsterdam Wigeon i    Anatidae    Mareca marecula  IO Amsterdam I.  Andaman Teal (VU)  i    Anatidae    Anas albogularis  OR Andaman Is. and Cocos Is.  Andean Duck i    Anatidae    Oxyura ferruginea  SA Colombia to Southern Cone  Andean Goose i    Anatidae    Chloephaga melanoptera  SA Peru to s Chile and Argentina  Andean Teal i    Anatidae    Anas andium  SA Colombia and Ecuador  Ashy-headed Goose i    Anatidae    Chloephaga poliocephala  SA Southern Cone  Auckland Teal (NT)  i    Anatidae    Anas aucklandica  AU Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand)  Australasian Shoveler i    Anatidae    Spatula rhynchotis  AU s Australia, Tasmania and North and South Is. (New Zealand)  Australian Shelduck i    Anatidae    Tadorna tadornoides  AU s Australia (except c) and Tasmania  Baer's Pochard (CR)  i U    Anatidae    Aythya baeri  PAL se Siberia and n China  Baikal Teal i    Anatidae    Sibirionetta formosa  PAL e Siberia  Bar-headed Goose i    Anatidae    Anser indicus  PAL c Asia  Barnacle Goose i    Anatidae    Branta leucopsis  PAL high Arctic e Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Novaya Zemlya and nearby Kolguyev and Vaygach is. (nw Russia)  Barrow's Goldeneye i    Anatidae    Bucephala islandica  NA, PAL c, sw Alaska through w Canada s to nw USA se to Oregon and Colorado; ne Quebec and sw, n Labrador; Iceland  Bernier's Teal (EN)  i    Anatidae    Anas bernieri  AF coastal w Madagascar  Black Scoter (NT)  i    Anatidae    Melanitta americana  PAL, NA Yana River to Kamchatka (e Siberia), Alaska e to nw Yukon; e Northwest Territories and sw Nunavut to Newfoundland (c to e Canada)  Black Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus atratus  AU Australia (except n, sc), Tasmania, and North, South, Stewart and Chatham is. (New Zealand)  Black-bellied Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna autumnalis  NA, MA, SA se Texas to n Argentina  Black-headed Duck i U    Anatidae    Heteronetta atricapilla  SA c Chile to Paraguay and s to c Argentina  Black-necked Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus melancoryphus  SA Southern Cone  Blue Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos  AU c, s North and w South Is. (New Zealand)  Blue-billed Duck i    Anatidae    Oxyura australis  AU sw WA, sw QLD to s VIC and se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia)  Blue-billed Teal i    Anatidae    Spatula hottentota  AF Nigeria to Ethiopia and s to South Africa, Madagascar  Blue-winged Goose (NT)  i U    Anatidae    Cyanochen cyanoptera  AF montane Ethiopia  Blue-winged Teal i    Anatidae    Spatula discors  NA s Canada and USA  Brant Goose i    Anatidae    Branta bernicla  NA, PAL widespread  Brazilian Merganser (CR)  i    Anatidae    Mergus octosetaceus  SA sc Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina  Brazilian Teal i    Anatidae    Amazonetta brasiliensis  SA Amazonia and se  Bronze-winged Duck (NT)  i    Anatidae    Speculanas specularis  SA s Chile and s Argentina  Brown Teal (NT)  i    Anatidae    Anas chlorotis  AU Great Barrier I. (off ne North I.) and other satellites (New Zealand)  Bufflehead i    Anatidae    Bucephala albeola  NA subarctic wc Alaska and Canada e to e Quebec and (locally) nw, nc USA  Cackling Goose i    Anatidae    Branta hutchinsii  NA c Canada  Campbell Teal (VU)  i U    Anatidae    Anas nesiotis  AU Campbell Is. (s of South I., New Zealand)  Canada Goose i    Anatidae    Branta canadensis  NA widespread  Canvasback i    Anatidae    Aythya valisineria  NA widespread  Cape Barren Goose i    Anatidae    Cereopsis novaehollandiae  AU islands off s Australia  Cape Shoveler i    Anatidae    Spatula smithii  AF Namibia, Botswana and South Africa  Cape Teal i    Anatidae    Anas capensis  AF Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa  Chestnut Teal i    Anatidae    Anas castanea  AU Australia (except n, c)  Chiloe Wigeon i    Anatidae    Mareca sibilatrix  SA Southern Cone  Chubut Steamer Duck (VU)  i    Anatidae    Tachyeres leucocephalus  SA coastal nc to s Chubut Province (se Argentina)  Cinnamon Teal i    Anatidae    Spatula cyanoptera  NA, MA, SA w NA to s SA  Comb Duck i    Anatidae    Sarkidiornis sylvicola  SA n Colombia and Venezuela to n Argentina  Common Eider (NT)  i    Anatidae    Somateria mollissima  NA, PAL c, s coastal Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., nw Europe to Chukotka Pen. (ne Russia), Alaska through Arctic Canada to Massachusetts (nw Atlantic)  Common Goldeneye i    Anatidae    Bucephala clangula  NA, PAL subarctic from Scotland and Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka (se Russia), in s through n Kazakhstan, n Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China); w Alaskan mainland to Labrador and New Brunswick, in s through n tier of contiguous USA  Common Merganser i    Anatidae    Mergus merganser  NA, PAL Iceland, n, c Europe, subarctic Russia through ne Kazakhstan and ne Afghanistan through Tibet and w China, n Mongolia to Kamchatka, Hokkaido (n Japan) and ne China; sw Alaska mainland through subarctic Canada to Newfoundland, s through w USA and to n Grea  Common Pochard (VU)  i    Anatidae    Aythya ferina  PAL w Europe to c Asia and n China  Common Scoter i    Anatidae    Melanitta nigra  PAL se Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, and n, w Scandinavia to Olenyok River (nc Siberia)  Common Shelduck i    Anatidae    Tadorna tadorna  PAL, AF w Europe to ne China  Coscoroba Swan i    Anatidae    Coscoroba coscoroba  SA Southern Cone  Cotton Pygmy Goose i    Anatidae    Nettapus coromandelianus  OR widespread  Crested Duck i    Anatidae    Lophonetta specularioides  SA s  Crested Shelduck (EX)  i    Anatidae    Tadorna cristata †  PAL ne Asia  Eastern Spot-billed Duck i    Anatidae    Anas zonorhyncha  OR China and se Asia  Eaton's Pintail (VU)  i    Anatidae    Anas eatoni  IO Kerguelen Is.  Egyptian Goose i    Anatidae    Alopochen aegyptiaca  AF s Mauritania to s Egypt and Ethiopia s to South Africa  Emperor Goose (NT)  i    Anatidae    Anser canagicus  NA, PAL w Alaska and ne Siberia  Eurasian Teal i    Anatidae    Anas crecca  PAL, NA n, c Europe, Asia and Aleutian Is.  Eurasian Wigeon i    Anatidae    Mareca penelope  PAL n Eurasia  Falcated Duck (NT)  i    Anatidae    Mareca falcata  PAL Mongolia, e Siberia and ne China  Falkland Steamer Duck i    Anatidae    Tachyeres brachypterus  SA Falkland Is.  Ferruginous Duck (NT)  i    Anatidae    Aythya nyroca  PAL w Europe and nw Africa to c Asia  Flying Steamer Duck i    Anatidae    Tachyeres patachonicus  SA s Chile, s Argentina and (perhaps) Falkland Is.  Freckled Duck i    Anatidae    Stictonetta naevosa  AU Australia (except n, sc, Tasmania)  Fuegian Steamer Duck i    Anatidae    Tachyeres pteneres  SA coastal s Chile and s Argentina  Fulvous Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna bicolor  NA, MA, SA, AF, OR widespread  Gadwall i    Anatidae    Mareca strepera  NA, PAL widespread  Garganey i    Anatidae    Spatula querquedula  PAL w Europe to Japan  Greater Scaup i    Anatidae    Aythya marila  NA, PAL subarctic Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka and the Commander Is. (se Russia); Alaska to n Quebec  Greater White-fronted Goose i    Anatidae    Anser albifrons  NA, MA, PAL widespread  Green Pygmy Goose i U    Anatidae    Nettapus pulchellus  AU e Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas, s New Guinea and ne WA to se QLD (n, e Australia)  Green-winged Teal i    Anatidae    Anas carolinensis  NA widespread  Grey Teal i    Anatidae    Anas gracilis  AU widespread  Greylag Goose i    Anatidae    Anser anser  PAL c, w  Hardhead i    Anatidae    Aythya australis  AU Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand, Grande Terre (New Caledonia) and Banks Is. to Tanna (n to s Vanuatu)  Harlequin Duck i    Anatidae    Histrionicus histrionicus  NA, PAL ne Siberia, Chukotka, Kamchatka, and Sakhalin pens., Kuril Is., Hokkaido and n Honshu (c Japan); Aleutian Is., Alaska, w Canada, Pacific Northwest and n Rocky Mt. states; ne Canada, s Greenland and Iceland  Hartlaub's Duck i    Anatidae    Pteronetta hartlaubii  AF Sierra Leone to sw Uganda and n Angola  Hawaiian Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Anas wyvilliana  PO Hawaiian Is.  Hooded Merganser i    Anatidae    Lophodytes cucullatus  NA se Alaska to nw USA; s Manitoba to Nova Scotia (c, se Canada) to e Texas and n Florida (e, se USA)  Indian Spot-billed Duck i    Anatidae    Anas poecilorhyncha  OR s, se Asia from Pakistan, s to Sri Lanka, e to Laos and n to sw Yunnan  Kelp Goose i    Anatidae    Chloephaga hybrida  SA s  King Eider i    Anatidae    Somateria spectabilis  NA, PAL coastal n, c Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Russia from e of the White Sea to Chukotka (ne Russia); Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, n slope of Canada and associated Arctic is.  Knob-billed Duck i    Anatidae    Sarkidiornis melanotos  AF, OR Africa s of the Sahara and s, se Asia  Labrador Duck (EX)  i    Anatidae    Camptorhynchus labradorius †  NA Labrador? Gulf of St. Lawrence?  Lake Duck i    Anatidae    Oxyura vittata  SA Southern Cone  Laysan Duck (CR)  i    Anatidae    Anas laysanensis  PO Laysan I.  Lesser Scaup i    Anatidae    Aythya affinis  NA sw Alaska mainland to California, wc Quebec and w Minnesota  Lesser Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna javanica  OR Pakistan to se China and Greater Sundas  Lesser White-fronted Goose (VU)  i    Anatidae    Anser erythropus  PAL n Eurasia  Long-tailed Duck (VU)  i    Anatidae    Clangula hyemalis  NA, PAL coastal Greenland, Iceland, n Fennoscandia and Arctic archs., n Russia and Siberia to Chukotka Pen., Alaska and n Canada  Maccoa Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Oxyura maccoa  AF Ethiopia to South Africa  Madagascar Pochard (CR)  i    Anatidae    Aythya innotata  AF nw Madagascar (nearly extinct and now restricted to single lake in Banemavka area)  Mallard i    Anatidae    Anas platyrhynchos  NA, PAL widespread  Mandarin Duck i    Anatidae    Aix galericulata  PAL se Siberia, Korean Pen., Japan and e China  Maned Duck i    Anatidae    Chenonetta jubata  AU Australia (except n, sc)  Marbled Duck (VU)  i    Anatidae    Marmaronetta angustirostris  PAL s Spain and nw Africa to Pakistan  Mascarene Teal (EX)  i    Anatidae    Anas theodori  IO Réunion and Mauritius (w, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean)  Masked Duck i    Anatidae    Nomonyx dominicus  MA, SA widespread  Mauritius Sheldgoose (EX)  i    Anatidae    Alopochen mauritiana  IO Mauritius (c Mascarenes)  Meller's Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Anas melleri  AF montane e Madagascar (rare)  Mexican Duck i    Anatidae    Anas diazi  NA, MA sw USA to n, c Mexico highlands  Mottled Duck i    Anatidae    Anas fulvigula  NA sc, se  Muscovy Duck i    Anatidae    Cairina moschata  NA, MA, SA s Texas to n Argentina  Musk Duck i    Anatidae    Biziura lobata  AU sw WA, sw QLD to s VIC and se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia)  Mute Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus olor  PAL Europe to c Asia  Nene (NT)  i    Anatidae    Branta sandvicensis  PO Hawaiian Is.  New Zealand Merganser (EX)  i    Anatidae    Mergus australis †  AU Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand)  New Zealand Scaup i    Anatidae    Aythya novaeseelandiae  AU North and South Is. (New Zealand)  Northern Pintail i    Anatidae    Anas acuta  NA, PAL widespread  Northern Shoveler i    Anatidae    Spatula clypeata  NA, PAL widespread  Orinoco Goose (NT)  i    Anatidae    Neochen jubata  SA Amazonia to n Argentina  Pacific Black Duck i    Anatidae    Anas superciliosa  AU widespread  Paradise Shelduck i    Anatidae    Tadorna variegata  AU North, South, Stewart and satellites (New Zealand)  Philippine Duck (VU)  i    Anatidae    Anas luzonica  OR Philippines (except Sulu Arch.)  Pink-eared Duck i    Anatidae    Malacorhynchus membranaceus  AU Australia (except far ne, sc, Tasmania)  Pink-footed Goose i    Anatidae    Anser brachyrhynchus  PAL Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard  Pink-headed Duck (EX)  i    Anatidae    Rhodonessa caryophyllacea †  OR ne, e India and Myanmar  Plumed Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna eytoni  AU Australia (except sw, sc, Tasmania)  Puna Teal i    Anatidae    Spatula puna  SA Peru to nw Argentina  Radjah Shelduck i    Anatidae    Radjah radjah  AU Moluccas, New Guinea and n Australia  Red Shoveler i    Anatidae    Spatula platalea  SA s Peru, c Chile and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego  Red-billed Teal i    Anatidae    Anas erythrorhyncha  AF s Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa  Red-breasted Goose (VU)  i    Anatidae    Branta ruficollis  PAL low Arctic tundra of Yamal, Gydan and Taymyr pens. (nw Siberia)  Red-breasted Merganser i    Anatidae    Mergus serrator  NA, PAL s Greenland, Iceland, n British Isles, Scandinavia to Sakhalin and Kamchatka pens., and Kuril and Commander is. (se Russia), s through n Kazakhstan and ne China; w Alaska mainland through mainland Canada from Arctic to n Great Lakes and e to Nova Scotia  Red-crested Pochard i    Anatidae    Netta rufina  PAL c, s Europe to n China  Redhead i    Anatidae    Aythya americana  NA widespread  Reunion Sheldgoose (EX)  i    Anatidae    Alopochen kervazoi  IO Réunion (w Mascarenes)  Ring-necked Duck i    Anatidae    Aythya collaris  NA widespread  Ringed Teal i    Anatidae    Callonetta leucophrys  SA se Bolivia to se Brazil and Uruguay  Ross's Goose i    Anatidae    Anser rossii  NA n Canada  Rosy-billed Pochard i    Anatidae    Netta peposaca  SA Brazil and Paraguay to c Argentina and c Chile  Ruddy Duck i    Anatidae    Oxyura jamaicensis  NA, MA s Canada, USA and West Indies  Ruddy Shelduck i    Anatidae    Tadorna ferruginea  PAL s Europe to c Asia, nw Africa and Ethiopia  Ruddy-headed Goose i    Anatidae    Chloephaga rubidiceps  SA s Chile, s Argentina and Falkland Is.  Salvadori's Teal i    Anatidae    Salvadorina waigiuensis  AU montane New Guinea  Scaly-sided Merganser (EN)  i    Anatidae    Mergus squamatus  PAL e Siberia, Korean Pen. and ne China  Silver Teal i    Anatidae    Spatula versicolor  SA s  Smew i    Anatidae    Mergellus albellus  PAL subarctic from n Scandinavia to Kamchatka (se Russia)  Snow Goose i    Anatidae    Anser caerulescens  NA n  South African Shelduck i    Anatidae    Tadorna cana  AF Namibia, Botswana and South Africa  Southern Pochard i    Anatidae    Netta erythrophthalma  AF, SA e, se, s AF and Amazonia  Spectacled Eider (NT)  i    Anatidae    Somateria fischeri  NA, PAL nc, ne Siberia from Lena Delta to Chukotka; w, n Alaska in Yukon Delta and Arctic Coastal Plain  Spotted Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna guttata  OR, AU Sulawesi region, n, c Moluccas, New Guinea, n Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia), Umboi (w of New Britain) and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)  Spur-winged Goose i    Anatidae    Plectropterus gambensis  AF widespread  Stejneger's Scoter i    Anatidae    Melanitta stejnegeri  PAL Yenisey Basin to Kamchatka (c, e Siberia), ne Kazakhstan and n, w Mongolia  Steller's Eider (VU)  i    Anatidae    Polysticta stelleri  NA, PAL nw, ne Siberia from Yamal Pen. to Chukotka; and Arctic Coastal Plain, n Alaska  Sunda Teal (NT)  i    Anatidae    Anas gibberifrons  OR Sumatra and Borneo to Sulawesi region and Lesser Sundas  Surf Scoter i    Anatidae    Melanitta perspicillata  NA mainland Alaska through subarctic Canada e to Labrador  Swan Goose i    Anatidae    Anser cygnoides  PAL c Asia and Mongolia to se Siberia  Taiga Bean Goose i    Anatidae    Anser fabalis  PAL n  Torrent Duck i    Anatidae    Merganetta armata  SA Venezuela to c Chile and w Argentina  Trumpeter Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus buccinator  NA Alaska, w Canada and nc USA  Tufted Duck i    Anatidae    Aythya fuligula  PAL widespread  Tundra Bean Goose i U    Anatidae    Anser serrirostris  PAL n  Tundra Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus columbianus  PAL, NA n  Upland Goose i    Anatidae    Chloephaga picta  SA Southern Cone  Velvet Scoter (VU)  i    Anatidae    Melanitta fusca  PAL n Europe from Norway to Yenisey River (c Siberia) and ne Kazakhstan, also Turkey and Georgia  Wandering Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna arcuata  OR, AU Sumatra and Philippines to Australia, New Guinea, New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) and Fiji (sw Polynesia)  West Indian Whistling Duck (NT)  i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna arborea  NA West Indies  White-backed Duck i    Anatidae    Thalassornis leuconotus  AF widespread  White-cheeked Pintail i    Anatidae    Anas bahamensis  SA, NA widespread in South America and Caribbean  White-faced Whistling Duck i    Anatidae    Dendrocygna viduata  AF, SA widespread  White-headed Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Oxyura leucocephala  PAL s Europe and n Africa to c Asia and nw China  White-winged Duck (EN)  i    Anatidae    Asarcornis scutulata  OR ne India to se Asia and Sumatra (formerly Java)  White-winged Scoter i    Anatidae    Melanitta deglandi  NA subarctic w Alaska to e shore of James Bay (ec Canada)  Whooper Swan i    Anatidae    Cygnus cygnus  PAL n Eurasia  Wood Duck i    Anatidae    Aix sponsa  NA widespread  Yellow-billed Duck i    Anatidae    Anas undulata  AF ec, sc, s  Yellow-billed Pintail i    Anatidae    Anas georgica  SA w, s  Yellow-billed Teal i    Anatidae    Anas flavirostris  SA w, s  Horned Screamer i    Anhimidae    Anhima cornuta  SA Colombia and Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia  Northern Screamer (NT)  i    Anhimidae    Chauna chavaria  SA n Colombia and nw Venezuela  Southern Screamer i    Anhimidae    Chauna torquata  SA se Peru and s Brazil to c Argentina  Magpie Goose i    Anseranatidae    Anseranas semipalmata  AU Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea) and ne WA to s VIC (n, e Australia) 91%   156 species of 178 (7 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide