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
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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
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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