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Ducks, geese and swans form the great family of waterfowl. They live almost everywhere in the world except in Antarctica. Their webbed feet help them swim. Waterproof feathers keep them dry on lakes, rivers and coasts. Many migrate in formation over long distances.
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Anatidae
Mareca americana · Least concern
On the water it often joins feeding coots and diving birds and grabs the plants they bring up, which has earned it the nicknames 'poacher' and 'robber' duck. Also called the baldpate, it is a rare but regular visitor to western Europe, seen in numbers in Britain and Ireland since at least 1958.
Photo: Mdf (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Anatidae
Sibirionetta formosa · Least concern
Counts in South Korea are used to estimate its whole population: the Baikal teal, or squawk duck, breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia. It is a dabbling duck slightly bigger than the common teal.
Photo: hengchian (CC BY 4.0)
Anatidae
Anser indicus · Least concern
Bar-headed geese have been heard flying over Makalu, at 8,481 m: the species is famous for crossing the Himalayas on migration, though the sightings over Everest are unverified. Tracking shows a smarter goose: it shuns the tailwinds blowing up the valleys by day and waits for them to die down at night, then climbs at the fastest rates ever recorded for a bird, for hours on end.
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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