Anserinae

The Anserinae are a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and true geese. Under alternative systematical concepts (see e.g., Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae contain the geese and the ducks, while the Cygninae contain the swans.

For other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, that have "goose" as part of their name, see Anatidae and Goose.

Anserinae
Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present
Domestic geese
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anserinae
Vigors, 1825
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Cygninae

Systematics

Swans

  • Genus Cygnus – true swans: The black-and-yellow-billed swans are sometimes separated in the genus Olor.

True geese

  • Genus Anser – grey and white geese
  • Genus Branta – black geese

Unresolved

These two genera are distinct from other geese and often elevated to a subfamily of their own (Cereopsinae), or alternatively into the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae:

  • Genus Cereopsis – Cape Barren goose
  • Genus Cnemiornis – New Zealand geese (prehistoric)

Some enigmatic subfossils of very large goose-like birds from the Hawaiian Islands do not appear to be moa-nalos (goose-sized dabbling ducks). They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though most, if not all, may be fairly close to Branta:

  • Geochen rhuax – initially allied with Cereopsis, but this seems hardly correct for reasons of biogeography.
  • Giant Hawaiʻi goose, ?Branta sp.
  • Giant Oʻahu goose, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet.
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References
  • Terres, John K. & National Audubon Society (1991): The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Wings Books, New York. ISBN 0-517-03288-0

Further reading
  • Gonzalez, J.; Düttmann, H.; Wink, M. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae". Journal of Zoology. 279: 310–318. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00622.x.

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