Family Anatidae
Waterfowl
Family Anhimidae
Screamers
Family Moinidae
Screamers

Order Anseriformes includes waterfowl such as ducks, geese, and swans. These birds are mostly aquatic, with webbed feet for swimming and flattened bills adapted for filtering food from water. They exhibit diverse feeding habits, including herbivory, omnivory, and dabbling. Most species are migratory, social, and nest near water. They have strong flight capabilities and play important ecological roles in wetland ecosystems.

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