Anserinae
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The Anserinae is a subfamily of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and geese; this article deals with the swans and true geese in the subfamily Anserinae. See swan and goose, and the individual species, for more details. A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their name; see the family page at Anatidae for these and others.
Species of swan and goose:
- Genus Cygnus - swans
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus. Arctic North America, Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus. Subarctic Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator. Subarctic North America, wintering further south.
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor. Temperate Europe and Asia, mainly resident.
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus. Australia, resident or nomadic.
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocoryphus. Southern South America, wintering further north.
- Genus Coscoroba
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba. Southern South America, wintering further north.
- Genus Anser - grey geese
- Greylag Goose Anser anser. Temperate Europe and Asia.
- White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons. Arctic North America, Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus. Subarctic Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis. Arctic and subarctic Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus. Arctic Atlantic Ocean shores, wintering further south in western Europe.
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus. Mountains of temperate central Asia, wintering further south in India.
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides. Temperate eastern Asia, wintering further south.
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens or Chen caerulescens. Arctic and subarctic North America, wintering further south.
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii or Chen rossii. Arctic North America, wintering further south.
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus or Chen canagica. Arctic Pacific Ocean shores, wintering a short distance further south.
- Genus Branta - black geese
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis. Arctic Atlantic Ocean shores, wintering further south in western Europe.
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis. Arctic to temperate North America, wintering further south or resident.
- Néné or Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis. Hawaii, resident.
- Brent Goose Branta bernicla. Arctic North America, Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis. Arctic Asia, wintering further in southeast Europe.
- Genus Cereopsis
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae. Southern Australia, resident or nomadic. Distinct from other geese and often placed in a subfamily of its own.