Anserinae

Anserinae
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	Anserinae diversity
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Galloanserae
Clade:	Odontoanserae
Order:	Anseriformes;
Family:	Anatidae;
Subfamily:	Anserinae; Vigors, 1825 (1815)
Synonyms
	Cygninae

The Anserinae is a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and true geese. Under alternative systematical concepts (see e.g., Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae containing the geese (and also the whistling-ducks), while the Cygninae contain the swans.

A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their name; see the family page at Anatidae and the goose page for these.

Etymology[]

From Latin anser, anseris, meaning goose.^[2]

Systematics[]

Biziurini: Musk Duck

Genus Biziura

Nettapodini: Pygmy-Geese

Genus Nettapus

Oxyurini: Stiff-tailed Ducks

Genus Heteronetta
Genus Nomonyx
Genus Oxyura

Anserini: True Geese

Genus Malacorhynchus
Genus Coscoroba - Coscoroba Swan
Genus Cereopsis - Cape Barren Goose
Genus Cnemiornis - New Zealand geese (prehistoric)
Genus Sthenelides
Genus Cygnus - true swans
Genus Branta - black geese
Genus Philacte
Genus Chen - white geese (sometimes included in Anser)
Genus Anser - grey geese

There are some enigmatic subfossils of very large goose-like birds from the Hawaiian Islands which do not appear to be moa-nalos (goose-sized dabbling ducks). They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though most if not all may be fairly close to Branta:

Geochen rhuax - initially allied with Cereopsis, but this seems hardly correct for reasons of biogeography.
Giant Hawaiʻi Goose, ?Branta sp.
Giant Oʻahu Goose, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Boyd, John (August 6, 2014). "Anatidae" ({{{version}}} ed.). Retrieved January 13, 2015.
^ Jobling, J. (2015). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.), eds. "Anser". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 1-8-15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Terres, John K. & National Audubon Society (1991): The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Wings Books, New York. ISBN 0-517-03288-0

External links[]

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[TIF-1] Boyd, John (August 6, 2014). "Anatidae" ({{{version}}} ed.). Retrieved January 13, 2015.

[HBWA-2] Jobling, J. (2015). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.), eds. "Anser". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 1-8-15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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