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Classification of the Subfamily Dendrocygninae (Whistling-Ducks) in the Animal Kingdom

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Whistling-Ducks
Subfamily Dendrocygninae
Taxonomy

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) and White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in the Subfamily Dendrocygninae.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
and White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
in the Subfamily Dendrocygninae

Subfamily Dendrocygninae (Whistling-Ducks) in the Animal Kingdom

Classification

Name

Notes

Kingdom

Animalia

Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion.

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides.

Branch

Bilateria

Body with two symmetrical opposing sides.

Phylum

Chordata

Chordates

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Superclass

Gnathostomata

Vertebrates with jaws.

Class

Aves

Birds: Vertebrates with feathers.

Superorder

Neognathae

Birds of Flight

Order

Anseriformes

Waterfowl & Screamers

Family

Anatidae

Waterfowl

Subfamily

Dendrocygninae

Whistling-Ducks



Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) in the Subfamily Dendrocygninae.
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
in the Subfamily Dendrocygninae


The Whistling-Ducks - Subfamily Dendrocygninae

Species

Name

Dendrocygna guttata

Spotted Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna eytoni

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna arborea

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna arcuata

Wandering Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

White-backed Duck




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