What is Anatinae?
{{Taxobox | name = Dabbling ducks | temporal_range = late [[Miocene]] to present | image = Pacificblackduck.jpg | image_width = frameless{{!}}upright=1.10 | image_caption = [[Pacific black duck]] (''Anas superciliosa'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | subfamilia = '''Anatinae'''}} The '''Anatinae''' is a subfamily of the family [[Anatidae]] that including [[swan]]s, [[Goose|geese]] and [[duck]]s. They are the '''dabbling ducks'''. They feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The subfamily contains only the dabbling ducks and one relative, the [[extinct]] moa-nalos, land ducks which lived on some [[Hawaiian islands]].<ref>Johnson, Kevin P. & Sorenson, Michael D. 1999. Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence. ''Auk'' '''116''' (3): 792–805. [http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v116n03/p0792-p0805.pdf]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[category:Anatidae]]