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Family: Anatidae



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38 species (see list below)
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Anas bahamensis
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Anas capensis
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Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Anas crecca
[Eurasian teal]
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Anas eatoni
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Anas penelope
[Eurasian wigeon]
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Anas platyrhynchos
[Mallard]
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Anser anser
[Greylag goose]
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Anser brachyrhynchus
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Anser erythropus
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Anser fabalis
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Aythya marila
[Greater scaup]
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Aythya nyroca
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Aythya valisineria
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Branta bernicla
[Brant]
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Branta leucopsis
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Branta ruficollis
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Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Bucephala albeola
[Bufflehead]
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Max. Length 49 cm TL
 
Bucephala clangula
[Common goldeneye]
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Bucephala islandica
[Barrow's goldeneye]
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Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Clangula hyemalis
[Long-tailed duck]
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Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Histrionicus histrionicus
[Harlequin duck]
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Lophonetta specularioides
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Melanitta americana
[American scoter]
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Melanitta deglandi
[White-winged scoter]
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Max. Length 59 cm TL
 
Melanitta fusca
[Velvet scoter]
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Melanitta nigra
[Black scoter]
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Max. Length 54 cm TL
 
Melanitta perspicillata
[Surf scoter]
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Mergus merganser
[Common merganser]
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Mergus serrator
[Red-breasted merganser]
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Netta rufina
[Red-crested Pochard]
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Polysticta stelleri
[Steller's eider]
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Somateria fischeri
[Spectacled eider]
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Somateria mollissima
[Common eider]
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Somateria spectabilis
[King eider]
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Tachyeres brachypterus
[Falkland steamerduck]
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Tachyeres leucocephalus
[Chubut steamerduck]
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Tachyeres patachonicus
[Flying steamerduck]
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Tachyeres pteneres
[Flightless steamerduck]


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