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==Systematics== '''[[Swan]]s (Tribe [[Cygnini]])'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Cygninae |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110289 |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=[[Paleobiology Database]]}}</ref> *Genus ''[[Cygnus (genus)|Cygnus]]'' – true swans: The black-and-yellow-billed swans are sometimes separated in the genus ''Olor''. *Genus †''[[Afrocygnus]]'' ([[Miocene]] of [[North Africa]]) *Genus †''[[Annakacygna]] –'' short-winged swans (Miocene of [[Japan]]) *Genus †''[[Megalodytes]]'' (Miocene of [[California]]) '''True geese (Tribe Anserini)''' *Genus ''[[Anser (genus)|Anser]]'' – grey and white geese *Genus ''[[Branta]]'' – black geese (including †''[[Branta rhuax|B. rhuax]]'', formerly placed in ''Geochen'') '''Unresolved''' *Genus ''[[Coscoroba]]'' – coscoroba swan These two genera are distinct from other geese and often elevated to a subfamily of their own (Cereopsinae), or alternatively into the [[shelduck]] subfamily Tadorninae: '''Tribe Cereopseini''' *Genus ''[[Cereopsis]]'' – Cape Barren goose *Genus †''[[New Zealand geese|Cnemiornis]]'' – New Zealand geese ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]) Some enigmatic [[subfossil]]s of very large goose-like birds from the [[Hawaiian Islands]] do not appear to be [[moa-nalo]]s (goose-sized [[dabbling duck]]s) or ''B. rhuax''. They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though both may be fairly close to ''Branta'': * Very large Hawaiʻian goose, ?''Branta'' sp.<ref name=OlsonJames1991>{{cite journal |last1=Olson|first1=S.L. |last2=James|first2=H.F.|year=1991|title=Descriptions of thirty two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes|journal=[[American Ornithologists' Union|AOU]] Ornithological Monographs|volume=45|pages=1-88}}</ref> * Giant Oʻahu goose, [[Anatidae]] sp. et gen. indet.<ref name=OlsonJames1991/>
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