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Waterfowl Biology
Taxonomy
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 3
01/30/2011

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Term

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Subfamily

Dendrocygninae

Definition

Whistling Ducks

 

(Black-bellied and 

Fulvous)

Term

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Subfamily Anserinae

Definition

Tribe Cygnini

and

Tribe Anserini

 

(Swans and Geese)

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Subfamily Anatinae

 

 

Definition

Tribe Anatini

Tribe Aythyini

Tribe Mergini

Tribe Oxyurini

(Dabbling, Wood, Diving, Sea, and Stiff-tailed Ducks)

Term

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Genus Dendrocygna

Definition

Dendrocygna autumnalis

(Black-bellied whistling duck)

and

Dendrocygna bicolor

(Fulvous whistling duck)

Term

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Genus Cygnus

Definition

 

Cygnus olor

 

(Mute swan)

Term

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Genus Olor

Definition

Olor buccinator

(Trumpeter swan)

 

 

Olor columbianus

(Tundra swan)

Term

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Genus Branta

Definition

Branta canadensis

(Canada goose)
Branta bernicla(Brant)
Term

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Genus Anser

Definition

Anser caerulescens

(Snow goose)

Anser albifrons

(White-fronted goose)

Anser rossii

(Ross' Goose)

Term

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Genus Anas

Definition

 

 

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Genus Anas

Definition
Anas acuta (Northern Pintail), Anas americana (American Wigeon), Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveller), Anas discors (B.W. Teal), Anas creca (G.W. Teal), Anas cyanoptera (C.W. Teal), Anas strepera (Gadwall), Anas platyryhnchos (Mallard), Anas rubripes (American Black Duck)
Term

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Genus Aix

Definition

Aix sponsa

 

(Wood duck)

Term

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Genus Aythya

Definition

 

 

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Genus Aythya

Definition
Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup), Aythya marila (Greater Scaup), Aythya americana (Redhead), Aythya collaris (Ring-necked Duck), Aythya valisineria (Canvasback)
Term

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Genus Mergus

Definition

Mergus merganser

(Common Merganser)

 

Mergus serrator

(Red-breasted Merganser)

Term

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Genus Lophodytes

Definition

Lophodytes cucullatus

 

(Hooded Merganser)

Term

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Genus Bucephala

Definition

Bucephala albeola

(Bufflehead)

Bucephala clangula

(Common Goldeneye)

Bucephala islandica

(Barrow's Goldeneye)

Term

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Genus Melanitta

Definition

Melanitta fusca

(White-winged Scoter)Melanitta nigra(Black Scoter)Melanitta perspicillata(Surf Scoter)
Term

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Genus Somateria

Definition

Somateria mollissima

(Common Eider)

Somateria spectabilis

(King Eider)

Somateria fischeri

(Spectacled Eider)

Term

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Genus Polysticta

Definition

Polysticta stelleri

 

(Steller's Eider)

Term

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Genus Histrionicus

Definition

Histrionicus histrionicus

 

(Harlequin Duck)

Term

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Genus Clangula

Definition

Clangula hyemalis

 

(Long-tailed duck)

Term

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Genus Oxyura

Definition

Oxyura jamaicensis

 

(Ruddy Duck)

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