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Eurasian Journal of Zoology, vol.1, no.2, pp.26-33, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Anatidae is an attractive family of waterfowl including ducks, geese and swans. Anatidaeappears stable at the family level, but the systematics of subfamilies and many tribes within it are a matter of debate. Current taxonomy studies are carried out using morpho-ecological and molecular characters to organize many species within Anatidae. Inthe presented study, three mitochondrial COI, Cytb and ND2 genessequences were used for the first time to test the Anatidae family with a large number of taxa using Bayesian inference and Maximum Likelihood algorithms. According to the results of the phylogenetic analysis of the Anatidae members, the Anatini, Athyini, Anserini, Cygnini, Oxyurini and Dendrocygnini tribes are monophyletic taxa while the Mergini, and Tadornini tribes are not monophyletic taxa. In addition, our study shows that the Anas, Mergusand Tadornagenera are non-monophyletic.