Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 42 species which occur in India.

Ferruginous Duck

(Aythya Nyroca)

Ferruginous Pochard, Common White-Eye, White-Eyed Pochard

नयनसरी बदक

कुरचिया

Red-Crested Pochard

(Netta Rufina)

रक्तचंचू, मोठी लालसरी

लाल चोंच

Eurasian Teal

(Anas Crecca)

Common Teal, Eurasian Green-Winged Teal, Green-Winged Teal

चक्रांग बदक

छोटी मुरघबी

Northern Pintail

(Anas Acuta)

तलवार बदक, सरगे

सैंड

Mallard

(Anas Platyrhynchos)

चतुरंग बदक

नीलसिर

Indian Spot-Billed Duck

(Anas Poecilorhyncha)

प्लवा बदक, हळदीकुंकू बदक, धनवर बाड्डा

गर्म पाई, गुगरल बत्तख

Gadwall

(Mareca strepera)

गडवाल, सोनूला, मलीन बदक

Northern Shoveler

(Spatula Clypeata)

Shoveler

थापट्या बदक, थापट्या

तिदारी

Garganey

(Spatula querquedula)

भुवई बदक

चेय्ता

Cotton pygmy goose

(Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Teal

काणूक बदक, कादंब, गुरगुरणारा तृणहंस

गिरी

Ruddy shelduck

(Tadorna ferruginea)

Brahminy Duck

सर्जा, ब्राह्मणी बदक, चक्रवाक

चकवा

Knob-billed duck

(Sarkidiornis melanotos)

African Comb Duck

नाकेर, नकटा, नंदीमुखी, नकटा बदक

नकता

Greylag Goose

(Anser Anser)

Graylag Goose

श्याम कादंब

सोना

Lesser whistling duck

(Dendrocygna Javanica)

Indian Whistling Duck, Lesser Whistling Teal

अडई, मराल, छोटी अडई

छोटी सील्ही बतख

Bar-Headed Goose

(Anser Indicus)

पट्टकादंब

हंस