Anatidae

Anatidae

▪ bird family
      bird family that includes ducks, geese, and swans; it constitutes the suborder Anseres—by far the larger part of the order Anseriformes (anseriform).

      A widely accepted system of classification divides the Anatidae into 3 subfamilies and 8 to 12 tribes, as follows:

      Anseranatinae—tribe Anseranatini (see magpie goose).

      Anserinae—tribes Dendrocygnini (see whistling duck, or tree duck) and Anserini (see goose; swan). A third tribe, Stictonettini, has been proposed (see freckled duck).

      Anatinae—tribes Tadornini (see sheldgoose; shelduck), Anatini (see dabbling duck), Cairinini (see perching duck), Aythyini (see pochard), Somateriini and Mergini (see diving duck), and Oxyurini (see stifftail). Some authorities include the eiders (Somateriini) in the Mergini; some separate a tribe Tachyerini (see steamer duck) from the Tadornini; and some recognize a tribe Merganettini (see torrent duck) aside from the Anatini. The Aythyini, Somateriini, Mergini, and (from one standpoint) the Oxyurini (pochard, diving duck, and stifftail) are often considered together in popular usage.

      An older division of the family appeared in several field books in wide use in the United States and Europe in the late 1960s. It assigned the Anatidae into the following main subfamilies (without tribes): Cygninae, swans; Anserinae, true geese; Dendrocygninae, whistling ducks; Anatinae, dabbling ducks, including shelducks and perching ducks; Nyrocinae (or Aythyinae), diving ducks other than mergansers; Erismaturinae (or Oxyurinae), stifftails; and Merginae, mergansers.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Anatidae — Taxobox name = Ducks, geese and swans image width = 260px image caption = Black bellied Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna autumnalis ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo =… …   Wikipedia

  • Anatidae — Anatidés …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Anatidae —   Anatidae …   Wikipedia Español

  • Anatidae — Entenvögel Stockenten Paar (Anas platyrhynchos) Systematik Unterstamm: Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Anatidae — antiniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anatidae angl. ducks; geese and swans vok. Entenartige; Entenvögel rus. пластинчатоклювые pranc. anatidés ryšiai: platesnis terminas – žąsiniai paukščiai siauresnis terminas –… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Anatidae — noun swimming birds having heavy short legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks • Syn: ↑family Anatidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑order Anseriformes …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anatidae — …   Википедия

  • Anatidae — Este artículo trata sobre el ave. Para el deporte nacional de Argentina, ver pato (deporte). Pato es el nombre común para ciertos tipos de aves en la familia de las anátidas. Los patos se encuentran divididos entre diferentes subfamilias. En su… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • anatidae — anat·i·dae …   English syllables

  • Семейство Утиные (Anatidae) —          Утиные известны по ископаемым остаткам с начала третичного периода. В эоцене в Европе были найдены представители рода, близкого к современным древесным уткам (Dendrocygna), распространенным в тропиках. На территории Европы в олигоцене… …   Биологическая энциклопедия

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”