Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aix Boie, 1828
Alopochen Stejneger, 1885
Anas Linnaeus, 1758
Anser Brisson, 1760
Aythya Boie, 1822
Branta Scopoli, 1769
Bucephala Baird, 1858
Chen Boie, 1822
Clangula Leach, 1819
Cygnus Bechstein, 1803
Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837
Fuligula Stephens in Shaw, 1824
Histrionicus Lesson, 1828
Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1852
Mareca Stephens in Shaw, 1824
Marmaronetta Reichenbach, 1853
Melanitta Boie, 1822
Mergellus Selby, 1840
Mergus Linnaeus, 1758
Netta Kaup, 1829
Oedemia Strickland, 1841
Oxyura Bonaparte, 1831
Polysticta Eyton, 1836
Sibirionetta von Boetticher, 1929
Somateria Leach, 1819
Spatula Boie, 1822
Tadorna Von Oken, 1817

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.