Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species...
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orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are...
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list of Anseriformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. Anseriformes (Anser...
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duck, or in ornithology a hen. All ducks belong to the biological order Anseriformes, a group that contains the ducks, geese and swans, as well as the screamers...
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Pelagornithidae (pseudo-toothed birds) and the clade Anserimorphae (the order Anseriformes and their stem-relatives). The placement of the pseudo-toothed birds...
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though this is based on fragmentary remains Disputed, was probably an Anseriformes but could still be an Cariamiformes however this may be a vast overestimation...
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Anatidae, i.e. ducks and allies, and the magpie goose, within the clade Anseriformes. The clade is exceptional within the living birds in lacking uncinate...
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torquata) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species Critically endangered (CR): 223 species Endangered (EN): 460 species Vulnerable (VU): 798 species Near threatened...
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1016/0305-4403(81)90014-5. "Fossilworks Cygnus Garsault 1764 (waterfowl) Reptilia – Anseriformes – Anatidae PaleoDB taxon number: 83418 Parent taxon: Anatidae according...
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List of bird genera (section Anseriformes)
List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, and...
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is Vegavis iaai. Vegavis was initially considered to be a member of Anseriformes within Galloanserae, but this claim has not been supported by some recent...
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penises. Males within Palaeognathae (with the exception of the kiwis), the Anseriformes (with the exception of screamers), and in rudimentary forms in Galliformes...
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Anseriformes (waterfowls) Galliformes (landfowls- gamebirds)...
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Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded...
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List of endangered birds (section Anseriformes)
Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species Critically endangered (CR): 223 species Endangered (EN): 460 species Vulnerable (VU): 798 species Near threatened...
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brood parasitism has been recorded in 234 bird species, including 74 Anseriformes, 66 Passeriformes, 32 Galliformes, 19 Charadriiformes, 8 Gruiformes,...
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arcuata. Whistling duck taxonomy, including that of the entire order Anseriformes, is complicated and disputed. Under a traditional classification proposed...
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Talking bird (section Waterfowl (order Anseriformes))
Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. There is debate within the scientific community over whether some talking parrots also have...
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Threatened species of bird in family Anhimidae of the waterfowl order Anseriformes. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The northern screamer shares...
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This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. Ducks, penguins and birds of prey are not included here, and are listed separately...
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This item lists those birds of South Asia in the Megapodes, Galliformes, Gruiformes and near passerines. For an introduction to the birds of the region...
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name Anseriformes only to the crown group formed by all modern species, and label the larger group including extinct relatives of anseriformes in the...
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Flightless bird (section Anseriformes (waterfowl))
Flightless birds have, through evolution, lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well-known ratites (ostriches, emus...
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"solan goose", although it is unrelated to the true geese, or any other Anseriformes for that matter. To "have a gander" is to look at something. "What's...
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birds: anatomical evidence for their relationship to Anseriformes (Dromornithidae, Anseriformes)". Records of the South Australian Museum. 31: 51–97....
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Anseriformes is an order of birds belonging to the clade Galloanseres. It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species. Extinct species assignment...
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A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the...
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(2024-07-30). "A new Paleogene fossil and a new dataset for waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) clarify phylogeny, ecological evolution, and avian evolution at the...
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Dyke, G. J.; Karhu, A. A. (2002). "A New Presbyornithid Bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum...
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