BIRDS of THE WORLD - An Online Bird Book
WATERFOWL
Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae
The order
Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds All species in the order are web-footed for efficient swimming and have a large wide bill with a specialized tongue that allows water to be sucked in the front of the bill. An array of plates traps food particles as the water is expelled out the sides of the bill. Not all species feed this way, some graze on plants and some also catch fish.
Anseriformes has 3 familes, but almost all of the species belong to
Anatidae.
Family
Anatidae:
dabbling ducks,
teals,
diving ducks,
sea duck,
shelducks,
geese.
Family
Anatidae:
stiff-tailed ducks,
swans,
whistling ducks,
Family
Anhimidae:
screamers
Family
Anseranatidae:
magpie goose
Other species resemble the waterfowl of Anseriformes.
Order Gaviiformes, Family
Gaviidae:
loons
Order Gruiformes, Family
Rallidae:
coots, moorhens,
crakes, rails
Order Podicipediformes, Family
Podicipedidae:
grebes
Teals
Teals belong to genus
Anas as is also true for dabbling ducks. Teals have been given their own web page as an arbitrary way to split the presentation of this large genus. Teals do not totally submerge when feeding and are often seen with just their rears showing as the search for food. Because of their feeding method, teals have evolved to be more buoyant than diving ducks.
Genus Anas
Teal,_Andaman Anas albogularis Found: Andaman Islands of India
Image by: 1)
John Gerrard Keulemans 2)
Anay Tamekar 3)
Balaji_Venkatesh_Sivaramakrishnan 4)
Pinned



Teal,_Andean Anas andium Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Pedro_Martinez 2)
Felix_Uribe - Columbia 3)
Gary_Clark - Ecuador 4)
Aljandro Bayer Tamayo 5)
Jei_Pov




Teal_ Auckland (Island) Anas aucklandica Found: Auckland Islands (south of New Zealand)
Image by: 1)
Austronesian Expeditions 2)
Ian_McHenry

Teal,_Baikal Anas formosa Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights



Teal,_Bernier's also
Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri Endemic to Madagascar
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5) Dick - Antananarivo Zoo, Madagascar




Teal,_Blue-winged Anas discors Found: The Americas
Image by: 1)
Ken Schneider - Illinois 2)
Alan Vernon - California 3)
Dick - Sanibel Island, Florida 4)
Dick Daniels -Assateague Virginia 5)
Dick -
Sylvan Heights 6)
Dan Pancamo - Texas
1) Nonbreeding male 2, 3) Male, female pair 4, 5, 6) Breeding males




Teal,_Brown Anas chlorotis Found: islands off New Zealand
Image by: 1)
Duncan 2)
Sabine's Sunbird 3)
Diego_Tirira 4, 5) digitaltrails 6)
Bernard_Spragg
1) Juvenile




Teal,_Campbel_Island Anas nesiotis Found: the Campbell
Islands of New Zealand
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels -
Kiwi Birdlife Park, New Zealand 2)
Stomac 3, 4) Jake_Osborne - Codfish Island, New Zealand



Teal,_Cape Anas capensis Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5, 6) Dick - Tanzania
7) Dick - Lake Naivasha, Kenya 8)
Cristiano Crolle - West Coast National Park, South Africa







Teal,_Chestnut Anas castanea Found: Australia
Image by:
1, 3) Wayne Butterworth 2, 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 7)
Dick - Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney
1, 2) Pair 4) Female 4 - 8) Male







Teal,_Cinnamon Anas cyanoptera Found: The Americas
Image by: 1)
Linda Tanner 2)
Len Blumin - California
3, 6, 7) Dick -
Sylvan Heights 4)
Maggie Smith 5)
Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 8)
Dick - Peruvian Plateau
1, 2, 3) Pair 4) Female 5, 6, 7, 8) Male







Teal,_Eurasian also
Common Teal Anas crecca Found: Europe, Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Sergey Yeliseev 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5, 6) Jimmy_Edmonds
1) Pair 2, 3) Female 4 - 6) Male





Teal,_Gray Anas gracils Found: Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific Islands
Image by:
1, 2) Oystercatcher 3)
JJ Harrison - Tasmania, Australia 4)
Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights
4) Male East Indian Grey Teal (
Anas gracilis gibberifrons)



Teal,_Green-winged Anas carolinensis . Found: North America
Image by: 1)
David Mitchell 2)
New Jersy Birds - California 4)
Dick - North Carolina
3, 5, 6, 7, 8) Dick - Sylvan
Heights 9)
Robert Olson - mounted
1, 2, 3) Female 5, 6, 7) Male







Teal,_Hottentot Anas hottentota Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5)
Sandy Cole -
Sylvan Heights





Teal,_Puna Anas puna Found: South America
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5)
Dick - Cusco, Peru




Teal,_Red-billed also
Red-billed Duck also
Red-billed Pintail Anas erythrorhyncha Found:
Africa
Image by:
1)
Dick Daniels -
Birds of Eden, South Africa
2, 3) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 4) Dick - Lake Naivasha, Kenya
5, 6, 7) Dick - Parc Tsarasaotra (open bird sanctury in Antananrivo, Madagascar)
8) Charlie Westerinen - Hwange, Zimbabwe







Teal,_Silver Anas versicolor Found: South America
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
Sylvan Heights 5)
Nick Athanas - Argentina




Teal,_Sunda also
Indonesian Teal Anas gibberifrons Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1)
Gilfedder - Bali, Indonesia 2)
curatrok77

Teal,_Yellow-billed Formerly part of
Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris Found: South America