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Dabbling ducks
Temporal range: late Miocene to present
Pacificblackduck.jpg
Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Aves
Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Subfamily:
Anatinae

The Anatinae is a subfamily of the family Anatidae that including swans, geese and ducks.

They are the dabbling ducks. They feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The subfamily contains only the dabbling ducks and one relative, the extinct moa-nalos, land ducks which lived on some Hawaiian islands.


Images for kids

  • Dabbling Spot billed Ducks 01

    Spot-billed ducks dabbling

  • Anas formosa (Aqua zoo)

    Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)

  • Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) in Hyderabad W2 IMG 8867

    Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) in Hyderabad, India

  • Philippine duck

    Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)

  • Mallard (female)

    Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (female)

  • Female Mallard duck, with ducklings

    Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with 6 ducklings

  • Comb duck

    Knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos): a misplaced dabbling duck?

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