Anatidae

Anas laysanensis Photo by Melinda Webster (Melinda Annie’s Website) Common name:Laysan duck (en); pato-de-Laysan (pt); canard de Laysan (fr); ánade de Laysan (es); Laysanente (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Laysan, in the Hawaii archipelago.Size:These birds are 40-42 cm long and weigh up to 400 g.Habitat:Laysan ducks use all habitats in the island…

Tadorna cana Photo by Miriam Bauman (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:South African shelduck (en); pato-ferrugíneo-sul-africano (pt); tadorne à tête grise (fr); tarro sudafricano (es); graukopfkasarca (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is found throughout South Africa, in Namibia and in south-eastern Botswana.Size:These birds are 61-66 cm long and weigh 1-1,5 kg.Habitat:South African shelducks are found in shallow water…

Lophodytes cucullatus Photo by Bill Horn (Birds of Oklahoma) Common name: hooded merganser (en); merganso-capuchinho (pt); harle couronné (fr); serreta capuchona (es); kappensäger (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This North American species breeds across mots of the eastern United States, in the north-western united States and across most of southern Canada. Some populations…

Branta leucopsis (Photo from Like a Rushing Wind) Common name: barnacle goose (en); ganso-de-faces-brancas (pt); bernache nonnette (fr); barnacla cariblanco (es); weißwangengans (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This species is found in the eastern North Atlantic basin, with three distinct population with different breeding and wintering areas. The birds breeding in eastern Greenland…

Thalassornis leuconotus Photo by Dave Appleton (Flickr) Common name: white-backed duck (en); pato-de-dordo-branco (pt); dendrocygne à dos blanc (fr); ganso de nuca blanca (es); weißrücken-pfeifgans (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, only being absent from the equatorial rainforests and desert regions. Size: The white-backed duck is 43-45…

Anas acuta Common name: northern pintail (en); arrabio (pt); canard pilet (fr); pato rabudo (es); spießente (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This cosmopolitan species breeds from Alaska and the central Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka, in Russia, and south to the western and central United States, the United Kingdom,…