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===Phylogeny=== Living Anseriformes based on the work by John Boyd.<ref name="Boyd" /> {| class="collapsible expanded" style="width:100%; border:solid 1px #aaa" |- ! style="background:#F0F2F5" | Anseriformes classification |- | {{clade|style=font-size:80%;line-height:80% |1={{clade |label1=[[Anhimae]] |1={{clade |label1=[[Anhimidae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Anhima]]''[[File:Palamedra cornuta white background.png|50px]] |2=''[[Chauna]]''[[File:Chauna chavaria white background.jpg|50px]] }} }} |label2=Anseres |2={{clade |label1=[[Anseranatidae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Anseranas]]''[[File:Cayley Anseranas semipalmata white background.jpg|70px]] }} |label2=[[Anatidae]] |2={{clade |label1=[[Dendrocygninae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Dendrocygna]]''[[File:DendrocygnaMajorJerdon flipped.jpg|50px]] |2=''[[Thalassornis]]''[[File:ThalassornisLeuconotaDavies flipped.jpg|50px]] }} |2={{clade |label1=?[[Plectropterinae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Plectropterus]]'' [[File:PlectropterusGambensisM1Davies white background.jpg|50px]] }} |label2=[[Stictonettinae]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Stictonetta]]'' }} |3={{clade |label1=[[Anserinae]] |1={{clade |label1=?[[Nettapodini]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Nettapus]]''[[File:NettapusFuertes white background.jpg|50px]] }} |label2=[[Biziurini]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Biziura]]''[[File:Biziura lobata 1838 flipped.jpg|50px]] }} |3={{clade |label1=[[Oxyurini]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Heteronetta]]''[[File:Heteronetta atricapilla by John Charles Phillips (1876-1938) flipped.PNG|50px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Nomonyx]]'' |2=''[[Oxyura]]''[[File:Oxyura leucocephala 1921 white background.jpg|50px]] }} }} |label2=[[Anserini]] |2={{clade |label1=[[Malacorhynchina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Malacorhynchus]]''[[File:Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia (Plate 77) (white background).jpg|50px]] }} |2={{clade |label1=[[Cereopsina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Coscoroba]]'' |2=''[[Cereopsis]]''[[File:Cayley Cereopsis novaehollandiae white background.jpg|50px]] }} |2={{clade |label1=[[Cygnina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Sthenelides]]''[[File:Cygnus melancoryphus 1876 flipped.jpg|60px]] |2=''[[Cygnus (genus)|Cygnus]]''[[File:Cuvier-96-Bernache de Magellan et Cygne tuberculé flipped.jpg|70 px]] }} |label2=[[Anserina]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Branta]]''[[File:Birds Illustrated Canada Goose white background.jpg|70 px]] |2=''[[Anser (genus)|Anser]]''[[File:Greylag flipped.JPG|70 px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} |label2=[[Anatinae]] |2={{clade |label1=[[Tadornini]] |1={{clade |label1=[[Merganettina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Merganetta]]''[[File:MerganettaKeulemans flipped.jpg|50 px]] }} |2={{clade |label1=[[Chloephagina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Chloephaga]]''[[File:The birds of South America (1912) (flipped).jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Oressochen]]'' |2=''[[Neochen]]''[[File:Avium Species Novae (white background).jpg|50 px]] }} }} |label2=[[Tadornina]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Radjah]]''[[File:A natural history of the ducks (Plate 16) (white background).jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Tadorna]]''[[File:British game birds and wildfowl (1855) (white background).jpg|50 px]] |2=''[[Alopochen]]''[[File:AlopochenAegyptiacusDavies flipped.jpg|50 px]] }} }} }} }} |label2=[[Mergini]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Histrionicus]]'' |2={{clade |1=†''[[Camptorhynchus]]''[[File:Centenaire de la fondation du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 10 juin 1793 - 10 juin 1893 - volume commémoratif (1893) (white background).jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Clangula]]''[[File:The birds of Europe (1837) (white background).jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |label1=[[Somanterina]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Polysticta]]''[[File:The Naturalist's Miscellany Vol.1 Western Duck (white background).jpg|50 px]] |2=''[[Somateria]]''[[File:Aland post 1987 Haahka Fågelserie Ejder flipped.jpg|50 px]] }} |label2=[[Mergina]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Melanitta]]''[[File:247 Velvet Duck flipped.jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Bucephala (bird)|Bucephala]]''[[File:Buffel-headed Duck.jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Mergellus]]''[[File:Nederlandsche vogelen (KB) - Mergellus albellus (flipped).jpg|50 px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Lophodytes]]''[[File:Cuvier-100-Sarcelle d'hiver et Harle piette flipped.jpg|50 px]] |2=''[[Mergus]]''[[File:MergusSerratorKeulemans flipped.jpg|50 px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |label3=[[Cairinini]] |3={{clade |1=''[[Cairina]]''[[File:Pato Criollo Blanco Macho.jpg|50px]] |2=''[[Aix (genus)|Aix]]''[[File:Rural Hours - Wood Duck white background.jpg|50px]] }} |label4=[[Callonettini]] |4={{clade |1=''[[Callonetta]]'' }} |5={{clade |1=?''[[Salvadorina]]''[[File:Salvadorina waigiuensis 1895 white background.jpg|50px]] }} |6={{clade |label1=[[Aythyini]] |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''[[Chenonetta]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Hymenolaimus]]'' |2=''[[Sarkidiornis]]''[[File:SarkidiornisMelanotosSmit white background.jpg|50px]] }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''[[Pteronetta]]'' |2=''[[Cyanochen]]'' }} |2={{clade |1=''[[Marmaronetta]]''[[File:MarmaronettaAngustirostrisKeulemans white background.jpg|50px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Asarcornis]]''[[File:Asarcornis scutulata 1921 white background.jpg|50px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Netta]]''[[File:NettaRufinaGronvold white background.jpg|50px]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Metopiana]]'' |2=''[[Aythya]]''[[File:AythyaBaeriKeulemans white background.jpg|50px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} |label2=[[Anatini]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Anas]]''[[File:Cuvier-97-Canard colvert.jpg|50px]] |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''[[Sibirionetta]]''[[File:Anas formosa male Fauna Japonica flipped.jpg|50px]] |2=''[[Spatula (genus)|Spatula]]''[[File:A history of British birds (white background).jpg|50px]] }} |2={{clade |1=''[[Tachyeres]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Lophonetta]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Amazonetta]]'' |2=''[[Speculanas]]''[[File:Houghton MS Typ 55.21 - Edward Lear, bronze-winged duck flipped.jpg|50px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |} <gallery> Image:Zoo América-2897-Chauna torquata.jpg|[[Crested screamer]] (''Chauna torquata'') Image:magpie.goose.grooming.arp.750pix.jpg|[[Magpie goose]] (''Anseranas semipalmata''), sole surviving member of a [[Mesozoic]] lineage Image:Dromornis stirtoni 01.jpg|Cast of ''[[Dromornis stirtoni]]'', a [[mihirung]], from Australia. </gallery>
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