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Perching duck

The perching ducks were previously treated a small group of ducks in the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae, grouped together on the basis of their readiness to perch high in trees. The grouping has subsequently been shown to be artificial, with the different members more closely related to various other ducks than to each other.

The species previously included, and their current subfamilial allocation, are:

• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos: Tadorninae
• Tadorninae
• Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos: Tadorninae
• Torrent Duck Merganetta armata: Tadorninae

• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandellanus: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
• Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup