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x Kentish Plover Snowy Plover Yes No 1P
The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Kent, or even Great Britain. It breeds in most subtropical and tropical parts of the world, from southern...
x Royal Cinclodes   Yes No  
The Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) is a passerine bird which breeds in the Andes of south-east Peru and adjacent Bolivia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Stout-billed Cinclodes C. excelsior. This bird has a population of...
x Silver Teal Silver Teal Yes No  
The Silver Teal (Anas versicolor) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It breeds in South America. It lives on fresh water in small groups, and feeds primarily on vegetable matter such as seeds and aquatic plants. The Silver Teal's range...
x Yellow-billed Duck Gelbschnabelente Anas undulata 0505273 Wikiausschnitt Yes No  
The Yellow-billed Duck, Anas undulata, is a 51–58 cm long dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa. This duck is not migratory, but will wander in the dry season to find suitable waters. It is highly...
x Pacific Black Duck Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) Yes No  
The Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east...
x African Black Duck African Black Duck Yes No  
The African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) is a species of duck of the genus Anas. It is genetically closest to the mallard group (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999), but shows some peculiarities in its behavior (Johnson et al., 2000) and (as far as they can be...
x Cape Shoveler   Yes No  
The Cape Shoveler Anas smithii formerly known as Cape Shoveller is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is resident in South Africa, and uncommon further north in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, and...
x Chiloe Wigeon Chiloe Wigeon Yes No  
The Chilöe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. Unlike other wigeons, the sexes are similar (though the male is often slightly brighter) and pairs are monogamous. This bird has a metallic green...
x Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis variegata Yes No  
The Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It ranges from 46–53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They occur in...
x Puna Teal Puna teal 01 Yes No  
The Puna Teal (Anas puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Silver Teal. The Puna Teal is resident in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and extreme northwestern...
x Eastern Spot-Billed Duck   Yes No    
x Red Shoveler Red Shoveler Yes No  
The Red Shoveler (Anas platalea), formerly known as Red Shoveller, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is found in southern South America, in Argentina, southern Peru, southern Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, the Falkland Islands, South...
x Campbell Island Teal Campbell Island Teal Yes No  
The Campbell Island Teal (Anas nesiotis) is a small, flightless, nocturnal species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas endemic to the Campbell Island group of New Zealand. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Brown Teal. The plumage is...
x Meller's Duck Meller's Duck Yes No  
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri) is a species of the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. Although a population was established on Mauritius in the mid-18th century, this is on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and...
x Philippine Duck Phillipene duck Yes No  
The Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) is a large dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Fewer than 10,000 remain. It has a black crown, nape and eye stripe, with a cinnamon head and neck. Rest of body is greyish brown with a bright green speculum. Its legs...
x Hottentot Teal   Yes No  
The Hottentot Teal (Anas hottentota) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia. In west Africa,...
x Grey Teal Grey Teal Yes No  
The Grey Teal, Anas gracilis is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. This is a mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. The male and female Grey Teal share...
x Sunda Teal AnasGibberifronsKeulemans Yes No  
The Sunda Teal, Anas gibberifrons, also known as the Indonesian Teal, is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Indonesia. The species formerly included the Andaman Teal Anas albogularis and the Grey Teal, Anas gracilis as subspecies. This is a...
x Yellow-billed Pintail South georgia teal Yes No  
The Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Its range includes Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, and Ecuador They also inhabit some of the subantarctic islands including South Georgia, which lends its name to the species....
x Speckled Teal Sharp-winged Teal (Anas flavirostris) Yes No  
The Speckled Teal (Anas flavirostris) is a South American duck species. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It resides in the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela,...
x Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha1 Yes No  
The Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa typically south of 10° S. This duck is not migratory, but will fly great distances to find suitable waters. It is...
x Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni Yes No  
The Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small female Northern Pintail. The species is threatened by...
x Common Teal Male in nuptial plumage Yes No  
The Common Teal or Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. It is the Old World counterpart of the North American Green-winged Teal ( A. carolinensis), which was...
x Brown Teal Brown Teal Yes No  
The Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis) or New Zealand Teal, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The Māori name for it is Pāteke. It was considered to be conspecific with the flightless Auckland Island and Campbell Island Teals in Anas...
x Chestnut Teal Male Yes No  
The Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in southern Australia. The male has a distinctive green coloured head and mottled brown body. The female has a brown head and mottled brown body. The female is almost identical in appearance...
x Cape Teal Cape Teal Yes No  
The Cape Teal (Anas capensis) is a 44-46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa. This species is essentially non-migratory, although it moves opportunistically with the rains. Like many southern ducks, the sexes are similar. It...
x Bernier's Teal Bernierente 050501 Yes No  
Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri (also known as Madagascar Teal) is a duck species of the genus Anas. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found only along the west coast. This duck is 40 to 45 cm in length, and is predominately warm brown all over...
x Auckland Islands Teal Auckland Islands Teal in front, with Brown Teal behind Yes No  
The Auckland Islands Teal (Anas aucklandica) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas that is endemic to Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. The species was once found throughout the Auckland Islands but is now restricted to the islands...
x Mandarin Duck Mandarin Duck Yes    
The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan. The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red...
x Aix Woodduck95 Yes    
Aix is a genus that contains just two species of ducks: the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), and the Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata). The genus belongs to the family Anatidae in the waterfowl order Anseriformes. They were formerly placed in the "perching...
x Anatinae Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) Yes    
The Anatinae is a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks). Its surviving members are the dabbling ducks, which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The other members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalos, a young...
x Anatidae (Greater) White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Yes    
Anatidae is the biological family that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups. These are birds that...
x Lesser Whistling Duck Lesser Whistling Duck in Santragachi Lake, Howrah, IN Yes    
The Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica, also known as Indian Whistling Duck, is a small whistling duck which breeds in South Asia and southeast Asia. It may also be called the Lesser Whistling Teal (based on an older classification), or the...
x Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata by John Gerrard Keulemans Yes    
The Spotted Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna guttata is a member of the duck family Anatidae. This duck is known for its ability to swim underwater for long periods of time.
x Plumed Whistling Duck Plumed Whistling Duck Yes    
The Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the Grass Whistle Duck , is a whistling duck which breeds in New Guinea and Australia. It is a predominantly brown-coloured duck with a long neck and characteristic plumes arising from its...
x Wandering Whistling Duck   Yes    
The Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck. They inhabit tropical and subtropical Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands . There are three subspecies associated with...
x Dendrocygna   Yes      
x Dendrocygninae Whistling duck flight02 - natures pics-edit1 Yes    
Dendrocygninae is a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. In other taxonomical approaches, they are either considered a separate family Whistling Duck, or a tribe Dendrocygnini in the goose subfamily Anserinae (e.g. Terres...
x Pavonine Quetzal   Yes No  
The Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus) is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family, the trogons. It is found in the Amazon Basin of the North Region, Brazil, Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; also regions of Venezuela...
x Resplendent Quetzal Male Resplendent Quetzal Yes No  
The Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, is a spectacular bird of the trogon family. It is found from southern Mexico to western Panama (unlike the other quetzals, which are found in South America and eastern Panama). There are two subspecies,...
x White-tipped Quetzal   Yes No  
The White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus) is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is found in Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana. In Venezuela and Colombia, three separated ranges occur, all contiguous and on the northern coasts. Its...
x Golden-headed Quetzal male Yes No  
The Golden-Headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) is a colorful bird native to highlands forests in South America. Males and females are approximately the same size, having a total length of ca. 35 cm and a weight of 160 g. as adults. Adult males...
x Crested Quetzal   Yes No  
The Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus) is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
x Pharomachrus   Yes No    
x Trogon Elegant Trogon Yes No  
The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family contains 39 species in eight genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the mid-Eocene. They might...
x Trogoniformes   Yes No    
x Grey Tinamou Tao001 Yes No  
The Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) is a type of ground bird found throughout western and northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Colombia east of the Andes, northern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and Guyana. All tinamou are from the family...
x Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius Yes No  
The Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius is a species of paleognath ground bird. This species is native to Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites,...
x Black Tinamou   Yes No  
The Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi is a type of ground bird found in lowland and montane humid forest up to 1,400–2,100 m (4,600–6,900 ft) altitude. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other...
x White-throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus Yes No  
The White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela. All tinamou are from the family...
x Tinamus Great Tinamou, Tinamus major Yes    
Tinamus is a genus of birds in the Tinamou family. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family. The species in taxonomic order are: Tinamus comes from the Galibi tribe and it is what they call the Tinamous.
x Hooded Tinamou   Yes No  
The Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus is a type of ground bird found in forests of Bolivia and Peru. Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general...
x Tawny-breasted Tinamou   Yes No  
The Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other...
x Nothocercus   Yes    
Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the Tinamou family, that are Ratites. Most Ratites are flightless birds, with Tinamous being the exception, as they can fly, albeit, not too well. This genus comprises three members of this South American family....
x Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus Yes No  
The Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus, a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered...
x Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus Yes No  
The Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus is a type of ground bird commonly found in lowland moist forest of eastern and northern South America. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura...
x Pale-browed Tinamou   Yes No  
The Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus is a type of Tinamou found in tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus...
x Tataupa Tinamou Tataupa Tinamou(Crypturellus tataupa) Yes No  
The Tataupa Tinamou, Crypturellus tataupa, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in dry forest in subtropical and tropical regions in southeastern South America. . Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or...
x Brazilian Tinamou Crypturellus strigulosus Yes No  
The Brazilian Tinamou, Crypturellus strigulosus, is a type of Tinamou found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Amazonian South America. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or...
x Tepui Tinamou   Yes No  
The Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest on tepuis, in southeastern Venezuela. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites,...
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