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Avifauna of Gujarat
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Bird-group &Family1   'New' English Names2 'Traditional' English
  Names3
Scientific names4
DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS -Anatidae (Anatidae & Dendrocygnidae)   Greylag Goose Greylag Goose Anser anser
  Bar-headed Goose Barheaded Goose Anser indicus
  Snow Goose Snow Goose Chen hyperborea (Anser caerulescens)
  Lesser Whistling-duck Lesser Whistling Teal Dendrocygna javanica
  Fulvous Whistling duck Large Whistling Teal D. bicolor
  Ruddy Shelduck Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
  Common Shelduck Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
  Northern Pintail Pintail Anas acuta
  Common Teal Common Teal A. crecca
  Spot-billed Duck Spotbill Duck A. poecilorhyncha
  Mallard Mallard A. platyrhynchos
  Gadwall; Gadwall A. strepera
  Eurasian\ Wigeon Wigeon A. penelope
  Garganey Garganey A. querquedula
  Baikal Teal Baikal Teal A. formosa
  Marbled Duck Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
  Northern Shoveller Shoveller A. clypeata
  Redcrested Pochard Redcrested Pochard Netta rufina (Rhodonessa rufina)
  Common Pochard Common Pochard Aythya ferina
  Ferruginous Pochard White-eyed Pochard Aythya nyroca
  Tufted Duck Tufted Pochard/Duck Aythya fuligula
  Cotton Pigmy- Goose Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus
  Comb Duck Comb Duck Sarkidiomis melanotos
 Source : Natural Heritage of Gujarat (Forests and Wildlife)
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