What is Anseriformes?
{{automatic taxobox |fossil_range = <br>[[Late Cretaceous]]-[[Holocene]], {{fossilrange|71|0}} |image = Magpie goose.jpg |image_caption = [[Magpie goose]], ''Anseranas semipalmata'' |taxon = Anseriformes |authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1831 |subdivision_ranks = Extant [[family (biology)|families]] |subdivision = * [[Anhimidae]] * [[Anseranatidae]] * [[Anatidae]] |range_map = Waterfowl range.png |range_map_caption = Range of the waterfowl and allies }} The order '''Anseriformes''' contains about 150 living [[species]] of [[bird]]s in four [[family (biology)|families]]: the [[Anhimidae]] (the [[screamer]]s), [[Anseranatidae]] (the [[Magpie goose]]), the [[Anatidae]], which includes over 140 species of [[waterfowl]], among them the [[duck]]s, [[geese]], and [[swan]]s and the †[[Vegavidae]], containing the sole genus ''[[Vegavis]]''. All species in the [[Order (biology)|order]] are highly [[adaptation|adapted]] to live at the [[water]] surface. All are web-footed for good [[swimming]]. While most live on water, some live mainly on land. [[Category:Anseriformes]] {{biology-stub}}