List of Anseriformes

Anseriformes is an order of birds belonging to the clade Galloanseres. It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species.[1][2] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive[3] and Paleofile.com websites.[4] 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[5]

  1. ^ Gill, F; Donsker, D. (eds.). "Comparison of IOC 8.1 with other world lists". IOC World Bird List. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.8.1. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ Çınar, Ümüt (November 2015). "02 → Gᴀʟʟᴏᴀɴsᴇʀᴀᴇ : Aɴsᴇʀɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs". English Names of Birds. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Anseriformes– waterfowls". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Taxonomic lists- Aves". Paleofile.com (net, info). Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ^ BirdLife and Lynx publish first illustrated world bird checklist Adrian Long, 22 Aug 2014