Anserinae 210818 222293336 2008-06-28T15:34:34Z Ginosbot 7020891 robot Adding: [[it:Anserinae]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Anserinae'' | image = Anser cygnoides-Beijing.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = A [[Swan Goose]] (''Anser cygnoides'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | subfamilia = '''''Anserinae''''' | subfamilia_authority = [[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]], 1825 | subdivision_ranks = [[genus|Genera]] | subdivision = see text | synonyms = Cygninae }} The '''Anserinae''' is a [[subfamily]] in the [[waterfowl]] family [[Anatidae]]. It includes the [[swan]]s and true [[Goose|geese]]. Under alternative [[systematics|systematical]] concepts (see e.g. Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae containing the geese (and also the [[whistling-duck]]s), while the '''Cygninae''' contain the swans. A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the [[Tadorninae|shelduck]]s, have "goose" as part of their name; see the family page at [[Anatidae]] and the [[goose]] page for these. ==Systematics== '''[[Swan]]s''' - [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''Cygnini''' *Genus '''''[[Cygnus (genus)|Cygnus]]''''' - '''true swans''' :The black-and-yellow-billed swans are sometimes separated in the genus ''Olor''. '''True [[Geese]]''' - tribe '''Anserini''' *Genus '''''[[Anser (genus)|Anser]]''''' - '''grey geese''' *Genus '''''[[Chen (genus)|Chen]]''''' - '''white geese''' (sometimes merged into ''Anser'') *Genus '''''[[Branta]]''''' - '''black geese''' '''Unresolved''' *Genus '''''[[Coscoroba]]''''' - '''Coscoroba Swan''' The following two genera are distinct from other geese and often elevated to a subfamily of its own ('''Cereopsinae'''), or alternatively into the [[shelduck]] subfamily Tadorninae: Tribe '''Cereopsini''' *Genus '''''[[Cereopsis]]''''' - '''Cape Barren Goose''' *Genus '''''[[New Zealand Geese|Cnemiornis]]''''' - '''New Zealand geese''' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]) There are some enigmatic [[subfossil]]s of very large goose-like birds from the [[Hawaiian Islands]] which do not appear to be [[moa-nalo]]s (goose-sized [[dabbling duck]]s). They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though most if not all may be fairly close to ''Branta'': * [[Wetmore's Goose]], ''Geochen rhuax'' - initially alied with ''Cereopsis'', but this seems hardly correct for reasons of [[biogeography]].<!-- Condor45:146 --> * [[Giant Hawaiʻi Goose]], ?''Branta'' sp. * Giant Oʻahu Goose, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet. ==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 [[Category:Anserinae|*]] [[Category:subfamilies of birds]] [[cs:Husy]] [[da:Svaner og gæs]] [[es:Anserinae]] [[eo:Anserenoj]] [[fa:غازسانان]] [[fr:Anserinae]] [[hr:Gušćarice]] [[it:Anserinae]] [[li:Zwane en Gajze]] [[nl:Anserinae]] [[ja:ガン族 (Sibley)]] [[no:Svaner og gjess]] [[pl:Gęsi]] [[pt:Anserinae]] [[fi:Hanhet]] [[sv:Anserinae]]