ANATIDAE
(wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)

Interactions where ANATIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by fluke Diplostomum gasterostei a fluke Diplostomida: Diplostomidae Parasites of Trout and Perch in Malham Tarn, Kennedy, C.R. & Burrough, R.J., 1978
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Diplostomidae/Diplostomum gasterostei/Diplostomum gasterosteia flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Anatidaewildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans fluke endoparasitises
nasal passage nasal passage has blood sucked by UK/Ireland Theromyzon tessulatum a leech Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Theromyzon tessulatum/Theromyzon tessulatuma leech Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Anatidaewildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swansnasal passage sucks the blood of nasal passage
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke Polymorphus minutus a thorny-headed worm The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Acanthocephala/Polymorphus minutus/Polymorphus minutusa thorny-headed wormfluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Anatidaewildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swanssmall intestine fluke endoparasitises small intestine

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.
Kennedy, C.R. & Burrough, R.J., 1978Parasites of Trout and Perch in Malham TarnField Studies 4: 617-629.

ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Aix sponsa
Carolina Wood Duck
Species 1 references
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Egyptian Goose
Species 1 references
Anas
ducks
Genus 1 subtaxa 6 trophisms 1 references
Anser
geese, goose
Genus 3 subtaxa 3 references
Aythya
a genus of ducks
Genus 1 trophisms
[Aythya ferina/fuligula agg.]
pochard/tufted duck
Informal 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms 1 references
Branta
a genus of geese
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Cygnus
swans
Genus 2 subtaxa 7 trophisms 1 references
Oxyura
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
[Geese]
Geese
Informal 6 subtaxa 10 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans):

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