ANSERIFORMES
(ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Family 20 subtaxa 418 images 10 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the field Scott, P. 1950 A Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World 1972 edition, 96pp, The Wildfowl Trust

ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
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