ANSERIFORMES
(ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)

Interactions where ANSERIFORMES is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is ectoparasitised by imago UK/Ireland Ornithomya avicularia a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/Ornithomya aviculariaa flat flyimago Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anseriformesducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl imago ectoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Hutson, A.M., 1984Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ANATIDAE
wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans
Family 12 subtaxa 27 trophisms 10 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
in the field Scott, P. 1950 A Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World 1972 edition, 96pp, The Wildfowl Trust

ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
The Wildfowl Trust

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 418 images of ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
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