Please note: This list only includes wild waterfowl species,
you can't find domesticated breeds of ducks and geese on these pages.

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Colours in the list:

= Order (Anseriformes = waterfowl and screamers)
= Suborder (2) (e.g. Anserides = waterfowl)
= Superfamily (2) (e.g. Anatoidea = ducks, geese, swans)
= Family (4) (e.g. Anatidae = ducks, geese, swans)
= Subfamily (5) (e.g. Anserinae = geese, swans)
= Genus (25) + Species (164) (e.g. Cygnus = swans, C. atratus = Black swan)

Waterfowl	Anseriformes
Screamers	Anhimides
Screamers	Anhimidae
Horned screamer	Anhima cornuta
Northern screamer	Chauna chavaria
Southern screamer	C. torquata
Ducks, geese, swans	Anserides
Magpie geese	Anseranatoidea
Magpie geese	Anseranatidae
Magpie goose	Anseranas semipalmata
Real ducks, geese and swans	Anatoidea
Whistling ducks and allies	Dendrocygnidae
White-faced whistling duck	Dendrocygna viduata
Black-bellied whistling duck	D. autumnalis
Spotted whistling duck	D. guttata
West-Indian whistling duck	D. arborea
Fulvous whistling duck	D. bicolor
Plumed (Eyton's) whistling duck	D. eytoni
Wandering whistling duck	D. arcuata
Lesser whistling duck	D. javanica
White-backed duck	Thalassornis leuconotus
Ducks, geese, swans	Anatidae
Stiff-tailed ducks and allies	Oxyurinae
Ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Lake duck (Argentine Ruddy duck)	O. vittata
Australian Blue-billed duck	O. australis
Maccoa duck	O. maccoa
White-headed duck	O. leucocephala
Masked duck	O. dominica
Musk duck	Biziura lobata
Black-headed duck	Heteronetta atricapilla
Freckled duck	Stictonetta naevosa
Geese and swans	Anserinae
Swan goose	Anser cygnoides
Greylag goose	A. anser
Taiga Bean goose	A. fabalis
Tundra Bean goose	A. serrirostris
Pink-footed goose	A. brachyrhynchus
Bar-headed goose	A. indicus
Greater White-fronted goose	A. albifrons
Lesser White-fronted goose	A. erythropus
Emperor goose	A. canagica
Snow goose	A. caerulescens
Ross' goose	A. rossii
Canada goose	Branta canadensis
Cackling goose	B. hutchinsii
Hawaiian goose (Nene)	B. sandvicensis
Brent goose	B. bernicla
Barnacle goose	B. leucopsis
Red-breasted goose	B. ruficollis
Cape barren (Cereopsis) goose	Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Coscoroba swan	Coscoroba coscoroba
Black-necked swan	Cygnus melanocoryphus
Black swan	C. atratus
Mute swan	C. olor
Trumpeter swan	C. buccinator
Whooper swan	C. cygnus
Whistling swan	C. columbianus
Bewick's swan	C. bewickii
Spur-winged geese	Plectropterinae
Spur-winged goose	Plectropterus gambensis
Combducks, Shelducks and allies	Tadorninae
Comb duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos
Blue-winged goose	Cyanochen cyanopterus
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus
Orinoco goose	Neochen jubatus
Andean goose	Chloephaga melanoptera
Magellan (Upland) goose	C. picta
Kelp goose	C. hybrida
Ashy-headed goose	C. poliocephala
Ruddy-headed goose	C. rubidiceps
Common shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Radjah shelduck	T. radjah
Ruddy shelduck	T. ferruginea
Cape shelduck	T. cana
Paradise shelduck	T. variegata
Australian shelduck	T. tadornoides
Pink-eared duck	Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Torrent duck	Merganetta armata
New-Zealand Blue duck	Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
Flying Steamer duck	Tachyeres patachonicus
Falkland Steamer duck	T. brachypterus
Magellanic Steamer duck	T. pteneres
White-headed Steamer duck	T. leucocephalus
Ducks	Anatinae
White-winged wood duck	Cairina scutulata
Muscovy duck	C. moschata
Hartlaub's duck	Pteronetta hartlaubi
Maned duck	Chenonetta jubata
American wood duck	Aix sponsa
Mandarin duck	A. galericulata
African Pygmy goose	Nettapus auritus
Cotton Pygmy goose	N. coromandelianus
Green Pygmy goose	N. pulchellus
Brazilian duck	Amazonetta brasiliensis
Salvadori's duck	Salvadorina waigiuensis
Ringed teal	Callonetta leucophrys
Cape teal	Anas capensis
Crested duck	Lophonetta specularoides
Spectacled duck	Speculanas specularis
Gadwall	Anas strepera
Falcated duck	A. falcata
Chiloé wigeon	A. sibilatrix
European wigeon	A. penelope
American wigeon	A. americana
Mallard duck	A. platyrhynchos
American Black duck	A. rubripes
Mottled (Florida) duck	A. fulvigula
Hawaiian duck (Koloa)	A. wyvilliana
Laysan duck	A. laysanensis
Philippine duck	A. luzonica
Spot-billed duck	A. poecilorhyncha
Pacific Black duck / Grey duck	A. superciliosa
Meller's duck	A. melleri
Yellow-billed duck	A. undulata
African Black duck	A. sparsa
Blue-winged teal	A. discors
Cinnamon teal	A. cyanoptera
Northern shoveler	A. clypeata
Cape shoveler	A. smithii
Australian shoveler	A. rhynchotis
Red shoveler	A. platalea
Madagascar (Bernier's) teal	A. bernieri
Andaman teal	A. albogularis
East-Indian Grey teal	A. gibberifrons
Australian Grey teal	A. gracilis
Chestnut teal	A. castanea
New Zealand Brown teal	A. chlorotis
Auckland Island Flightless teal	A. aucklandica
Campbell Island Flighless teal	A. nesiotis
Northern Pintail	A. acuta
Eaton's Pintail	A. eatoni
Yellow-billed Pintail	A. georgica
Bahama (White-cheeked) Pintail	A. bahamensis
Red-billed Pintail	A. erythrorhyncha
Speckled teal	A. flavirostris
Garganey	A. querquedula
Baikal teal	A. formosa
Eurasian Green-winged (Common) teal	A. crecca
American Green-winged (Common) teal	A. carolinensis
Puna teal	A. puna
Versicolored (Silver) teal	A. versicolor
Hottentot teal	A. hottentota
Marbled teal	Marmaronetta angustirostris
Red-crested pochard	Netta rufina
Rosy-billed pochard	N. peposaca
Southern pochard	N. erythrophthalma
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria
Common pochard	A. ferina
Redhead	A. americana
Australian White-eyed duck	A. australis
Madagascar pochard	A. innotata
Ferruginous pochard	A. nyroca
Baer's pochard	A. baeri
New Zealand scaup	A. novaeseelandiae
Ring-necked duck	A. collaris
Tufted duck	A. fuligula
Greater scaup	A. marila
Lesser scaup	A. affinis
Common eider	Somateria mollissima
Pacific eider	Somateria v-nigra
Spectacled eider	S. fischeri
King eider	S. spectabilis
Steller's eider	Polysticta stelleri
Harlequin duck	Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf scoter	Melanitta perspicillata
Black scoter	M. nigra
White-winged (Velvet) scoter	M. fusca
Long-tailed duck (Oldsquaw)	Clangula hyemalis
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola
Common goldeneye	B. clangula
Barrow's goldeneye	B. islandica
Smew	Mergellus albellus
Hooded merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus
Brazilian merganser	Mergus octosetaceus
Red-breasted merganser	M. serrator
Scaly-sided (Chinese) merganser	M. squamatus
Common merganser (Goosander)	M. merganser