The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world’s continents except Antarctica and on ...

Interpretation: federal law = USFWS Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) which designates all birds in the families Anatidae, Columbidae, Gruidae, Rallidae, and Scolopacidae to be migratory game birds but ...

These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae (in order ...

The word goose (plural: geese) is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese ...

36. “If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.” 37. “A cup of tea ...