The Tadorninae is the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as...
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in the "perching ducks", but closer to the Tadorninae) Plectropterus, spur-winged goose Subfamily: Tadorninae – shelducks and sheldgeese (This group of...
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Aix – Tadorninae? Cairina – may be paraphyletic, with one species in Tadorninae and the other closer to diving ducks Callonetta – Tadorninae? Chenonetta...
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geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese...
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Comb duck Sarkidiornis melanotos: Tadorninae or basal Anatinae? Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus: Tadorninae or Oxyurinae? Hartlaub's duck Pteronetta...
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in its own monotypic genus Radjah), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks...
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Australian wood duck (category Tadorninae)
subfamily Anatinae (dabbling ducks), it might belong to the subfamily Tadorninae (shelducks); the ringed teal may be its closest living relative. The Australian...
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Ringed teal (category Tadorninae)
species may actually be closer to shelducks and belong in the subfamily Tadorninae; its closest relative is possibly the maned duck. The male and female...
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Alopochen is a genus of the bird family Anatidae, part of the subfamily Tadorninae along with the shelducks. It contains one extant species, the Egyptian...
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their own (Cereopsinae), or alternatively into the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae: Tribe Cereopseini Genus Cereopsis – Cape Barren goose Genus †Cnemiornis...
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Tadorna) and their relatives, and is placed with them in the subfamily Tadorninae. It is the only extant member of the genus Alopochen, which also contains...
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the family Anserinae in some classifications, and their own subfamily, Tadorninae, in others, while the steamer ducks are either placed in the family Anserinae...
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bird in the subfamily Plectropterinae Sheldgoose, birds in the subfamily Tadorninae Domestic goose, domesticated varieties of either Greylag Goose or Swan...
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Torrent duck (category Tadorninae)
member of the genus Merganetta. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblage to which it was formerly assigned...
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of the subfamily Anserinae, however, it has also been associated with Tadorninae. When placed within Anserinae it may be considered a member of the tribe...
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Scopoli 1769 Tribe Anserini Vigors 1825 Genus Anser Brisson 1760 Subfamily Tadorninae Reichenbach 1849–50 (shelducks and sheldgeese) Genus †Australotadorna...
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Muscovy duck (category Tadorninae)
be closer to the genus Aix and better placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. In addition, the other species of Cairina, the rare white-winged duck...
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Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Subfamily: Tadorninae Genus: Plectropterus Stephens, 1824 Species: P. gambensis Binomial name...
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clear whether they should be placed in the Anatinae (dabbling duck) or Tadorninae (shelduck) subfamily. Both species migrate from the northern parts of...
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Anatinae Aythyini Mergini Oxyurini Anserinae swans true geese Dendrocygninae Stictonettinae Tadorninae Anhimidae Anhima Chauna Anseranatidae Anseranas...
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†Cygnavus Cygnus †Cygnopterus †Eremochen †Megalodytes †Paracygnus †Presbychen Tadorninae Alopochen †Australotadorna †Brantadorna Cairina †Centrornis Chloephaga...
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Anatinae Aythyini Mergini Oxyurini Anserinae swans true geese Dendrocygninae Stictonettinae Tadorninae Anhimidae Anhima Chauna Anseranatidae Anseranas...
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like a paddle steamer. They are usually placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. However, mtDNA sequence analyses of the cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase...
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Salvadori's duck (Salvadorina waigiuensis) which is in the subfamily Tadorninae, not Anatinae Curtiss Teal, a 1930s monoplane amphibian Falconar Teal...
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Anatinae Aythyini Mergini Oxyurini Anserinae swans true geese Dendrocygninae Stictonettinae Tadorninae Anhimidae Anhima Chauna Anseranatidae Anseranas...
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paraphyletic with the species currently being placed in the subfamily Tadorninae (shelducks and shelgeese). If so, the largest species of the true ducks...
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†Cygnavus Cygnus †Cygnopterus †Eremochen †Megalodytes †Paracygnus †Presbychen Tadorninae Alopochen †Australotadorna †Brantadorna Cairina †Centrornis Chloephaga...
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Anatinae Aythyini Mergini Oxyurini Anserinae swans true geese Dendrocygninae Stictonettinae Tadorninae Anhimidae Anhima Chauna Anseranatidae Anseranas...
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†Cygnavus Cygnus †Cygnopterus †Eremochen †Megalodytes †Paracygnus †Presbychen Tadorninae Alopochen †Australotadorna †Brantadorna Cairina †Centrornis Chloephaga...
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Anatinae Aythyini Mergini Oxyurini Anserinae swans true geese Dendrocygninae Stictonettinae Tadorninae Anhimidae Anhima Chauna Anseranatidae Anseranas...
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