2015/2016 IWWA Captive Waterfowl Survey. Whistling-ducks and allies. 1. Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis ) Males.

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1 /6 IWWA Captive Waterfowl Survey Whistling-ducks and allies. Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis ). Fulvous Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor ) 3. White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata ). Spotted Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna guttata ). Plumed Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna eytoni ) 6. Javan Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica ) 7. Cuban Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arborea ). Wandering Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arcuata ) 9. White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus )

2 Dabbling Ducks. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes ). Florida Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula fulvigula ). Louisiana Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula maculosa ) 3. Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana ). Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis ). Chinese Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha ) 6. Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha ) 7. Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa ). Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica ) 9. Meller's Duck (Anas melleri )

3 . Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata ). African Black Duck (Anas sparsa ). Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys ) 3. Brazilian Teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis ). Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus ). Indian Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus ) 6. African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus ) 7. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata ). Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata ) 9. North American Wood Duck (Aix sponsa )

4 3. Cape Teal (Anas capensis ) 3. Gadwall (Anas strepera ) 3. Falcated Duck (Anas falcata ) 33. Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix ) 3. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope ) 3. American Wigeon (Anas americana ) 36. Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors ) 37. Garganey (Anas querquedula ) 3. Northern Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium ) 39. Red Shoveler (Anas platalea )

5 . Australian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis rhynchotis ). New Zealand Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis variegata ). Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata ) 3. Madagascar Teal (Anas bernieri ). Indonesian Gray Teal (Anas gibberifrons gibberifrons ). Australian Gray Teal (Anas gracilis ) 6. Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea ) White-cheeked (Bahama) Pintail (Anas bahamensis ) Red-billed Pintail (Anas erythrorhyncha ) Yellow-billed (Chilean) Pintail (Anas georgica spinicauda ) 7

6 . South Georgia Pintail (Anas georgica georgica ). Northern Pintail (Anas acuta ). Baikal Teal (Anas formosa ) 3. Sharp-winged Teal (Anas flavirostris oxyptera ). Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris flavirostris ). Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis ) 6. Common (European) Teal (Anas crecca ) 7. Silver Teal (Anas versicolor ). Puna Teal (Anas puna ) 9. Hottentot Teal (Anas hottentota )

7 Pochards 6. Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris ) 6. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina ) 6. Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca ) 63. Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma ) 6. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria ) 6. Redhead (Aythya americana ) 66. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina ) 67. Australian White-eye (Aythya australis ) 6. Ferruginous White-eye (Aythya nyroca ) 69. Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri )

8 7. New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae ) 7. Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris ) 7. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula ) 73. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila ) 7. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis ) Stiff-tailed Ducks 7. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala ) 76. North American Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis ) 77. Argentine Ruddy Duck (Oxyura vittata ) 7. Maccoa (Oxyura maccoa ) 79. Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla )

9 Sea Ducks. King Eider (Somateria spectabilis ). Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri ). Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri ) 3. Pacific Common Eider (Somateria mollissima v-nigra ). Atlantic Common Eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri ). Faroe Common Eider (Somateria mollissima faeroeensis ) 6. Other Common Eider race (race not specified) 7. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus ). Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis ) 9. Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata )

10 9. American Black Scoter (Melanitta americana ) 9. American White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi deglandi ) 9. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola ) 93. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula ) 9. Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica ) 9. Smew (Mergellus albellus ) 96. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus ) 97. Common (American) Merganser (Mergus merganser americanus ) 9. Goosander (Mergus merganser merganser ) 99. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator )

11 . Scaly-sided (Chinese) Merganser (Mergus squamatus ) 6 6 Taxonomic oddities. Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata ). Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae ) 3. Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa ). Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus ) Sheldgeese, Shelducks and allies. Andean Goose (Neochen melanoptera ) 6. Blue-winged Goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera ) 7. Lesser Magellan Goose (Chloephaga picta picta ). Greater Magellan Goose (Chloephaga picta leucoptera )

12 9. Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala ). Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps ). Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus ). Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata ) 3. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna ). Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea ). Cape Shelduck (Tadorna cana ) 6. Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) 7. Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata ). Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah )

13 9. Northern Spur-winged Goose (White) (Plectropterus gambensis gambensis ). Southern Spur-winged Goose (Black) (Plectropterus gambensis niger ). Wild Muscovy (Cairina moschata ). Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartaubii ) 3. New World Comb Duck (Black-sided) (Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola ). Old World Comb Duck (Gray-sided) (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos ). White-winged Wood Duck (Asarcornis scutulata ) Bronze-winged Duck (Speculanas specularis ) Patagonian Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides ) 7. Flying Steamer Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus ) 3

14 9. Magellanic (Fuegian) Steamer Duck (Tachyeres pteneres ) Northern Geese 3. Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides ) 3. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus ) 3. Western Graylag Goose (Anser anser anser ) 33. Pacific White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons frontalis ) 3. Tule White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons elgasi ) 3. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus ) 36. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus ) 37. Emperor Goose (Chen canagica ) 3. Lesser Snow Goose (white phase) (Chen caerulescens caerulescens )

15 39. Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase) (Chen caerulescens caerulescens). Greater Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens atlanticus ). Ross' Goose (Chen rossi ). Giant Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima ) 3. Atlantic Canada Goose (Branta canadensis canadensis ). Dusky Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis ). Other Canada Goose race (race not specified) 9. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima ) 6. Aleutian Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia ) 7. Richardson's Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii )

16 . Other Cackling Goose race (race not specified). Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis ). Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis ). Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis ) 3. Pacific Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans ). Atlantic Brant (Branta bernicla hrota ). Russian Brant (Branta bernicla bernicla ) Swans 6. Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba ) 7. Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator ) 3 6 7

17 . Whistling Swan (Cygnus columbianus ) 9. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii ) 6. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus ) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor ) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus ) Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus ) 6 6 Total respondents: 3 public, private in the United States and Canada

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