List of Anseriformes

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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 follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive and Paleofile.com websites. This list is based on the taxonomy of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World by Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar also used by HBW, BirdLife International and IUCN and also includes historically extinct species and the presumed date of extinction

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories

Conservation status [v2021-2, the data is current as of November 16, 2021]:

EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild CR - critically endangered EN - endangered VU - vulnerable NT - near threatened LC - least concern DD - data deficient NE - not evaluated

Phylogeny Living Anseriformes based on the work by John Boyd.

Species

Family Anhimidae (Screamers) †Chaunoides de Alvarenga 1999 †Chaunoides antiquus de Alvarenga 1999 Genus Anhima Brisson 1760 Anhima cornuta (Linnaeus 1766) Brisson 1760 (horned screamer) LC Genus Chauna Illiger 1811 Chauna chavaria (Linnaeus 1766) (northern screamer) NT Chauna torquata (Oken 1816) (southern screamer) LC

Family Anseranatidae (magpie goose) Genus ?†Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney 2004 †Anserpica kiliani Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney 2004 Subfamily †Anatalavinae Olson 1999 Genus †Anatalavis Olson & Parris 1987 †Anatalavis rex (Shufeldt 1915) Olson & Parris 1987 †Anatalavis oxfordi Olson 1999 Subfamily Anseranatinae Salvadori 1895 Genus †Eoanseranas Worthy & Scanlon 2009 †Eoanseranas handae Worthy & Scanlon 2009 (Hand's dawn magpie goose) Genus Anseranas Lesson 1828 Anseranas semipalmata (Latham 1798) (magpie goose) LC

Family †Presbyornithidae Genus †Headonornis Harrison & Walker 1976 †Headonornis hantoniensis (Lydekker 1891) Harrison & Walker 1976 Genus †Presbyornis Wetmore 1926 †Presbyornis mongoliensis Kuročkin & Dyke 2010 †Presbyornis recurvirostrus (Hardy 1959) Ericson 2000 †Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore 1926 Genus †Telmabates Howard 1955 †Telmabates antiquus Howard 1955 †Telmabates howardae Cracraft 1970 Genus †Teviornis Kuročkin, Dyke & Karhu 2002 †Teviornis gobiensis Kuročkin, Dyke & Karhu 2002 Genus †Wilaru Boles et al., 2013 †Wilaru tedfordi Boles et al., 2013 †Wilaru prideauxi Vanesa et al., 2016

Family †Paranyrocidae Genus †Paranyroca Miller & Compton 1939 †Paranyroca magna Miller & Compton 1939

Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)

Anatidae incertae sedis †"Anas" albae Jánossy 1979 †"Anas" amotape Campbell 1979 †"Anas" eppelsheimensis Lambrecht 1933 †"Anas" isarensis Lambrecht 1933 †"Anas" luederitzensis Lambrecht 1929 †"Anas" sanctaehelenae Campbell 1979 †"Anser" scaldii Lambrecht 1933 †"Cygnopterus" alphonsi Cheneval 1984 †"Oxyura" doksana Mlíkovský 2002 Genus †Allgoviachen Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022 †Allgoviachen tortonica Mayr, Lechner & Böhme, 2022 Genus †Ankonetta Cenizo & Agnolín 2010 †Ankonetta larriestra Cenizo & Agnolín 2010 Genus †Cayaoa Tonni 1979 †Cayaoa bruneti Tonni 1979 Genus †Aldabranas Harrison & Walker 1978 †Aldabranas cabri Harrison & Walker 1978 Genus †Chenoanas Zelenkov 2012 †Chenoanas deserta Zelenkov 2012 †Chenoanas asiatica Zelenkov et al., 2018 Genus †Helonetta Emslie 1992 †Helonetta brodkorbi Emslie 1992 Genus †Loxornis Ameghino 1894 †Loxornis clivus Ameghino 1894 Genus †Mioquerquedula Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2012 †Mioquerquedula minutissima Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2012 Genus †Shiriyanetta Watanabe & Matsuoka 2015 †Shiriyanetta goedertorum (Barnes et al., 1995) †Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe & Matsuoka 2015 Genus †Teleornis Ameghino 1899 †Teleornis impressus Ameghino 1899

Subfamily †Romainvilliinae Genus †Romainvillia Lebedinský 1927 †Romainvillia stehlini Lebedinský 1927 Genus †Saintandrea Mayr & De Pietri 2013 †Saintandrea chenoides Mayr & De Pietri 2013

Subfamily †Dendrocheninae Genus †Dendrochen Miller 1944 †Dendrochen integra (Miller 1944) Cheneval 1987 †Dendrochen oligocaena (Tugarinov 1940) †Dendrochen robusta Miller 1944 Genus †Manuherikia Worthy et al., 2007 †Manuherikia lacustrina Worthy et al., 2007 (Manuherikia duck) †Manuherikia minuta Worthy et al., 2007 (Minute Manuherikia duck) †Manuherikia douglasi Worthy et al., 2008 (Douglas’ duck) Genus †Mionetta Livezey & Martin 1988 †Mionetta robusta (Milne-Edwards 1868) Mlíkovský 2002 †Mionetta arvernensis (Lydekker 1891a) †Mionetta blanchardi (Milne-Edwards 1863) Livezey & Martin 1988 †Mionetta consobrina (Milne-Edwards 1867) Livezey & Martin 1988 †Mionetta natator (Milne-Edwards 1867) Livezey & Martin 1988

Subfamily Dendrocygninae Genus Thalassornis Eyton 1838 Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton 1838 (white-backed duck) LC T. l. leuconotus Eyton 1838 (African white-backed duck) T. l. insularis (Richmond 1897) (Madagascan white-backed duck) Genus Dendrocygna Swainson 1837 (whistling/tree ducks) Subgenus (Lamprocygna) Boetticher 1949 Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus 1766) (white-faced whistling-duck) LC Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758) (black-bellied whistling-duck) LC D. a. fulgens Friedmann 1947 (Northern black-bellied whistling duck) D. a. autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758) (Southern black-bellied whistling duck) Subgenus (Nesocygna) Boetticher 1949 Dendrocygna guttata (Schlegel 1866) (spotted whistling-duck) LC Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus 1758) (West Indian whistling-duck) NT B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv) Subgenus (Dendrocygna) Swainson 1837 Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot 1816) (fulvous whistling-duck) LC Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton 1838) (plumed whistling-duck) LC Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield 1821) (lesser whistling-duck) LC Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield 1824) (wandering whistling-duck) LC D. a. arcuata (Horsfield 1824) (East Indian wandering whistling duck) D. a. pygmaea Mayr 1945 (lesser wandering whistling duck) D. a. australis Reichenbach 1850 (Australian wandering whistling duck)

Subfamily Plectropterinae Genus Plectropterus Stephens 1824 Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus 1766) Stephens 1824 (spur-winged goose) LC P. g. gambensis (Linnaeus 1766) (Gambian spur-winged goose) P. g. niger Sclater 1877 (black spur-winged goose)

Subfamily Stictonettinae Genus Stictonetta Reichenbach 1853 Stictonetta naevosa (Gould 1841) Reichenbach 1853 (freckled duck) LC

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