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Anatidae and Tadorninae

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Difference between Anatidae and Tadorninae

Anatidae vs. Tadorninae

The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The Tadorninae is the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.

Similarities between Anatidae and Tadorninae

Anatidae and Tadorninae have 35 things in common (in Unionpedia): Aix (genus), Alopochen, Anatinae, Australian wood duck, Blue duck, Blue-winged goose, Cape Barren goose, Common shelduck, Diving duck, Duck, Extinction, Family (biology), Genus, Goose, List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species, Malacorhynchus, Malagasy sheldgoose, Mergini, Mitochondrial DNA, Muscovy duck, Neochen, Nucleic acid sequence, Oxyurini, Paraphyly, Perching duck, Radjah shelduck, Ringed teal, Salvadori's teal, Sheldgoose, Shelduck, ..., Spur-winged goose, Steamer duck, Swan, The Auk, Torrent duck. Expand index (5 more) »

Aix (genus)

Aix is a bird genus that contains two species of ducks: the wood duck (Aix sponsa), and the Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata).

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Alopochen

Alopochen is a genus of the bird family Anatidae, part of the subfamily Tadorninae along with the shelducks.

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Anatinae

The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks).

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Australian wood duck

The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (Chenonetta jubata) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia.

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Blue duck

The blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae endemic to New Zealand.

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Blue-winged goose

The blue-winged goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera) is a waterfowl species which is endemic to Ethiopia.

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Cape Barren goose

The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) is a large goose resident in southern Australia.

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Common shelduck

The common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus, Tadorna.

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Diving duck

The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Goose

Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae.

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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species

Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that have become extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by ornithologists.

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Malacorhynchus

Malacorhynchus is a genus of duck within the family Anatidae.

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Malagasy sheldgoose

The Malagasy sheldgoose (Centrornis majori) is an extinct monotypic species of large goose in the shelduck subfamily.

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Mergini

The seaducks (Mergini) are a tribe of the duck subfamily of birds, the Anatinae.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Muscovy duck

The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a large duck native to Mexico, Central, and South America.

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Neochen

Neochen is a genus of birds in the family Anatidae.

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Oxyurini

The Oxyurini are a tribe of the duck subfamily of birds, the Anatinae.

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Paraphyly

In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.

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Perching duck

The perching ducks were previously treated as a small group of ducks in the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae, grouped together on the basis of their readiness to perch high in trees.

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Radjah shelduck

The radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah), is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas.

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Ringed teal

The ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys) is a small duck of South American forests.

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Salvadori's teal

The Salvadori's teal or Salvadori's duck (Salvadorina waigiuensis) is a species of bird endemic to New Guinea.

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Sheldgoose

The sheldgeese are a genus (Chloephaga) of birds in the family Anatidae.

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Shelduck

The shelducks, most species found in the genus Tadorna (except for the Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah), which is now found in its own monotypic genus), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.

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Spur-winged goose

The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large bird in the family Anatidae, related to the geese and the shelducks, but distinct from both of these in a number of anatomical features, and therefore treated in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.

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Steamer duck

The steamer ducks are a genus (Tachyeres) of ducks in the family Anatidae.

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Swan

Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus.

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The Auk

The Auk: Ornithological Advances is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the American Ornithological Society (AOS).

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Torrent duck

The torrent duck (Merganetta armata) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae.

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The list above answers the following questions

Anatidae and Tadorninae Comparison

Anatidae has 175 relations, while Tadorninae has 41. As they have in common 35, the Jaccard index is 16.20% = 35 / (175 + 41).

References

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