perching ducks

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• perching ducks and allies — muskusinės antys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cairinini angl. perching ducks and allies ryšiai: platesnis terminas – antys siauresnis terminas – brazilinės antys siauresnis terminas – dryžakrūtės antys siauresnis… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

• perching duck — ▪ bird       any of the species of the tribe Cairinini, family Anatidae (order Anseriformes), waterfowl that typically inhabit wet woodlands, nest in holes in trees, and perch on branches by means of their long clawed toes. The tribe is widely… …   Universalium

• Perching duck — The perching ducks ( Cairininae or Cairinini ) were previously treated as a small group of ducks in the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae, grouped together on the basis of their readiness to perch high in trees. It has been subsequently shown… …   Wikipedia

• anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction  any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… …   Universalium

• duck — duck1 /duk/, n., pl. ducks, (esp. collectively for 1, 2) duck. 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated web footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and …   Universalium

• Tadorninae — Taxobox name = Tadorninae image width = 250px image caption = The Blue Duck or whio , a peculiar shelduck from New Zealand regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae subfamilia = Tadorninae… …   Wikipedia

• Anatidae — Taxobox name = Ducks, geese and swans image width = 260px image caption = Black bellied Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna autumnalis ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo =… …   Wikipedia

• Anatinae — Anatines Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Knob-billed Duck — Male South American Knob billed Duck (S. m. sylvicola) Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Comb Duck — Taxobox name = Comb Duck status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Male South American Comb Duck ( S. m. sylvicola ) image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… …   Wikipedia

• Anatidae — ▪ bird family       bird family that includes ducks, geese, and swans; it constitutes the suborder Anseres by far the larger part of the order Anseriformes (anseriform).       A widely accepted system of classification divides the Anatidae into 3 …   Universalium