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This is a list of the breeds of domestic duck which have official recognition at national or international level. [1] Most breeds of duck derive from the wild mallard, Anas platyrhyncos, while a small minority are descendants of the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. Duck breeds are normally officially recognized and described by a national body ...
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence White-faced whistling duck: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 Black-bellied whistling duck: Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Spotted whistling duck: Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866: 3 West Indian whistling duck: Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Fulvous whistling duck
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the ...
This is a list of Anseriformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. Anseriformes (Anser being Latin for "goose") is the taxonomic order to which the ducks, geese, swans, and screamers belong.
Pteronetta, Hartlaub's duck – traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be closer to Cyanochen; Cairina and Asarcornis, Muscovy duck and white-winged duck, respectively (2 species) – traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be paraphyletic, with one species in Tadorninae and the other closer to diving ducks
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
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Domestic duck: List of duck breeds: Domestic pig: ... List of animal names; Biodiversity; Rare breed; Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture;