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| Missing image White-winged.wood.duck.arp.750pix.jpg White-winged Wood Duck Adult White-winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata) | ||||||||||||
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The Anatinae is one of the subfamilies of the family Anatidae, which includes the swans, geese and ducks.
The Anatinae subfamily contains two groups of ducks:
The dabbling duck group, of worldwide distribution, include 10 genera and about 55 species.
The 16 species of diving ducks, of worldwide distribution, in 3 genera; Marmaronetta was formerly included with the dabbling ducks but is now treated here, and genetic analysis of the extinct Pink-headed Duck of India, previously treated separately in Rhodonessa, has shown that it is better placed in Netta.it:Anatinae