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Anseriformes (Waterfowl)

 

Family: Anatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aldabranas cabri Harrison & Walker, 1978 Aldabra goose Late Pleistocene Aldabra, Seychelles Extinct Access
Alopochen kervazoi Cowles, 1994 Réunion sheldgoose, Réunion shelduck, Reunion shelduck, Kervazo's Egyptian goose 1671-1672 Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
Alopochen mauritianus Newton & Gadow, 1893 Mauritius sheldgoose, Mauritian sheldgoose, Mauritian shelduck, Malagasy shelduck, Mascarene sheldgoose 1693 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
Alopochen sirabensis Andrews, 1897 Madagascar shelduck, Lesser Madagascan sheldgoose c.1400 AD Madagascar Extinct Access
Anabernicula gracilenta Ross, 1935 - Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
Anabernicula oregonensis Howard, 1964 Oregon pygmy goose Late Pleistocene Oregon, USA Extinct Access
Anas acuta modesta Tristram, 1886 Tristram's pintail, Sidney Island pintail 1885 Sidney Island (= Manra), Phoenix Group, Kiribati Invalid (synonym)? Access
Anas amotape Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene Peru Extinct Access
Anas chathamica Oliver, 1955 Chatham (Island) duck c.1500 AD Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
Anas chlorotis peculiaris Mathews, 1937 South Island brown teal 1990's South Island, New Zealand Missing Access
Anas chlorotis ssp. nov 'Chatham Islands' - Chatham teal, Chatham duck Subfossil (1915?) Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
Anas fuscescens Gmelin, 1789 Newfoundland duck ? Newfoundland, Canada Hypothetical Access
Anas georgica niceforoi Wetmore & Borrero, 1946 Nicéforo's pintail, Niceforo’s pintail 1952? Colombia (central) Extinct Access
Anas gibberifrons remissa Ripley, 1942 Rennell Island teal 1959 Rennell Island, Solomon Islands Invalid (synonym) Access
Anas gracilis ssp. nov. 'New Caledonia' - New Caledonian teal ? New Caledonia Extinct, if valid Access
Anas itchtucknee McCoy, 1963 Itchtucknee duck Late Pleistocene Florida, USA Invalid? Access
Anas cf. laysanensis - Lisianski duck c.1845 Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Anas marecula Olson & Jouventin, 1996 Amsterdam (Island) Duck, Amsterdam wigeon 1793 French Southern Territories Extinct Access
Anas nesiotis (Fleming, 1935) Campbell teal - Campbell Island and Dent Island, New Zealand Rediscovered Access
Anas oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 Mariana mallard, Marianas Island duck, Oustalet's gray duck, Ladrone Island duck 1945? 1981? Marianas Islands Invalid (hybrid) Access
Anas pachyscelus Wetmore, 1960 Bermuda (Islands) flightless duck Late Pleistocene Bermuda Extinct Access
Anas sanctahelenae Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene Peru Extinct Access
Anas schneideri Emslie, 1985 Schneider's teal ? Wyoming, USA Extinct Access
Anas talarae Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene Peru Extinct Access
Anas theodori Newton & Gadow, 1893 Mascarene teal, Mauritian duck, Sauzier's teal 1693 Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
Anas sp. nov. 'Macquarie Island' - Macquarie Island teal subfossil Macquarie Island, Australia (politically) Extinct Access
Anas sp. nov. 'Saint Paul' - Saint Paul Island duck ? Saint Paul Island Extinct Access
Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2014 Dyuktai (River) goose Late Pleistocene or early Holocene Dyuktai River, Russia Extinct Access
Anser neglectus Sushkin, 1897 Sushkin's goose 1934 Russia Invalid (synonym) Access

Anser sp. nov. 'Eivissa'

- - ? Eivissa (=Ibiza), Spain Extinct Access
Aythya innotata Salvadori, 1894 Madagascar pochard - Madagascar Rediscovered Access
Aythya sp. nov. 'Réunion' - Réunion pochard, Mascarene Islands pochard Holocene (1687? 1710?) Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892 New Zealand musk duck, De Latour's duck Holocene New Zealand Extinct Access

Biziura latouri

Forbes, 1892   ? New Zealand Invalid (nomen nudum) Access
Branta canadensis asiatica Aldrich, 1946 Bering Canada goose 7 February 1929 Bering Sea region Extinct Access
Branta canadensis maxima Delacour, 1951 Giant Canada goose, Giant prairie goose - Canada Rediscovered Access
Branta dickeyi Miller, 1924 Dickey's goose Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access

Branta hutchinsii leucopareia

(Delacour, 1951) Aleutian cackling goose (rediscovered) Aleutian Islands, Alaska to California, USA Rediscovered Access
Branta hylobadistes Olson & James, 1991 Nene-nui subfossil Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Branta rhuax Wetmore, 1943 Giant Hawaiian goose Holocene Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access

Branta sp. nov. 'Hawaii'

- - Holocene Hawaii (=Big Island), Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Branta sp. nov. 'Kauai' - Kauai goose subfossil Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Branta sp. nov. 'Oahu' - - subfossil Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Camptorhynchus labradorius Gmelin, 1789 Labrador duck, Pied duck, Skunk duck, Sand shoal duck, Sandshoal duck Autumn 1875 North America Extinct Access
Centrornis majori Andrews, 1897 Malagasy sheldgoose, Greater Madagascan sheldgoose 17,370 ± 90 yr BP Madagascar Extinct Access
Cereopsis novaezealandiae Oliver, 1955 - subfossil New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
Chelychelynechen quassus Olson & James, 1991 Kaua'i turtle-jawed goose Holocene Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Chendytes lawi Miller, 1925 Law’s diving-goose 720 to 350 BC California, USA Extinct Access
Chenonetta finschi (van Beneden, 1875) Finsch’s duck Holocene New Zealand Extinct Access
Chloephaga sp. nov. 'Argentina' -   Late Pleistocene Argentina Extinct if distinct Access
Cnemiornis calcitrans Owen, 1866 South Island goose, Flightless goose subfossil South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Cnemiornis gracilis Forbes, 1892 North Island goose subfossil North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Cnemiornis minor Forbes, 1892   ? New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
Cnemiornis septentrionalis Oliver, 1955 North Island goose subfossil North Island, New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
Cygnus equitum Bate, 1916 - ? Malta & Sicily Extinct Access
Cygnus falconeri Parker, 1865 Giant swan, Maltese swan, Falconer's swan ? Malta Extinct Access
Cygnus lacustris (De Vis, 1905) - Late Pleistocene? Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia Invalid Access
Cygnus sumnerensis chathamicus Oliver, 1955 Chatham Islands (black) swan, Poūwa ? Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
Cygnus sumnerensis sumnerensis (Forbes, 1890) New Zealand Swan, Sumner’s swan, Matapu Holocene New Zealand Extinct Access
Dendrocygna sp. nov. 'Aitutaki' - Polynesian whistling duck Holocene Aitutaki, Cook Islands Extinct Access
Malacorhynchus scarletti Olson, 1977 New Zealand pink-eared duck, Scarlett's duck Holocene Chatham Island & South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Mareca strepera couesi Streets, 1876 Coues' gadwall, Washington Island gadwall January 1874 Teraina, Kiribati (= Washington Island = New York Island) Invalid? Access
Mergellus mochanovi Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2014 Dyuktai (River) smew Late Pleistocene or early Holocene Dyuktai River, Russia Extinct Access
Mergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 Auckland Islands merganser 1901 or 9 January 1902 Auckland Islands (& South Island?), New Zealand Extinct Access
Mergus milleneri Williams & Tennyson, 2014 Chatham Islands merganser ? Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
Nannonetta invisitata Campbell, 1979   Late Pleistocene Peru Extinct Access
Neochen barbadiana
Brodkorb, 1964 Barbados goose Late Pleistocene Barbados Extinct Access
Neochen debilis Ameghino, 1891   Late Pleistocene Argentina Extinct Access
Neochen pugil Winge, 1887   Late Pleistocene or Holocene Brazil Extinct Access
Oxyura vantetsi Worthy, 2005 New Zealand stiff-tailed duck, Van Tets' duck Holocene North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Ptaiochen pau Olson & James, 1991 Stumbling moa-nalo, Small-billed moa-nalo Holocene Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea Latham, 1790 Pink-headed duck, Gulab-sir c.1945 Bangadesh, India, Myanmar & Nepal Extinct Access
Sarcidiornis mauritania Newton & Gadow, 1893 Mascarene swan c.1670 Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Invalid (synonym) Access
Shiriyanetta hasegawai Watanabe & Matsuoka, 2015 - Late Pleistocene Shiriya area (=Shiriya-Saki), Honshu, Japan Extinct Access
Spatula cyanoptera borreroi Snyder & Lumsden, 1951 Borrero’s cinnamon teal 1950's Colombia (& Ecuador?) Missing Access
Tadorna cristata
Kuroda, 1917 Crested shelduck, Crested sheldrake, Korean crested shelduck, Phoenix-head(ed) sheldrake 1916 (China?), Japan (Hokkaido), Korea & Russia Extinct Access
?Tadorna sp. nov. 'Chatham Islands' -   Holocene? Mangere Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
?Tadorna sp. nov. 'Kauai' -   subfossil Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Talpanas lippa Olson & James, 2009 Maha’ulepu duck, Kaua'i mole duck, Kaua'i small-eyed duck c.3490-3305 yBP Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Thambetochen chauliodous Olson & Wetmore, 1976 Maui Nui moa-nalo Holocene Maui & Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
Thambetochen xanion Olson & James, 1991 O'ahu moa-nalo ? O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #1 - Giant O’ahu goose ? Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #2 - Rota flightless duck subfossil Rota, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #3 - Stout-legged duck ? Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #4 - - ? Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #5 - Long-legged shelduck Holocene Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
ANATIDAE gen. indet. sp. nov. 'Meidum Geese' - Meidum geese ? Egypt Hypothetical Access

 

 

Family: Anhimidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Anseranatidae (Magpie Goose)

—No subordinate taxa

 

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