Bata bukini

Mabata bukini ni ndege wakubwa wa maji wa familia ya Anatidae. Wanaainishwa katika nusufamilia Anserinae pamoja na mabata-maji. Mabata bukini ni ndege wakubwa sana lakini wadogo kuliko mabata-maji. Wana domo pana pia lakini shingo yao ni fupi zaidi. Wana rangi mbalimbali kama kahawia, nyeupe na nyeusi kadiri ya spishi. Hula mimea na pengine wadudu na nyungunyungu. Wanaweza kuwa wasumbufu wakiingia mashamba. Tago lao limejengwa kwa vijiti, manyasi n.k. karibu na maji na limetandikika na manyoya mororo.

Ndege hawa huzaana kwa kanda za kaskazini kabisa za dunia au juu sana ya milima. Spishi moja tu, Cereopsis novaehollandiae, huzaa katika nusudunia ya kusini na inaainishwa pengine katika nusufamilia yake binafsi. Wakati wa majira ya baridi mabata bukini huhama kanda za moto zaidi. Bata bukini hufugwa mahali pengi pa Afrika, lakini ndege mwitu hutokea tu kwa idadi kubwa huko Maroko, Aljeria na Tunesia wakati wa majira ya baridi ya Ulaya. Ndege wanaofugwa katika Afrika kusini kwa Sahara wanatokana aghalabu na bata bukini wa Uchina. Aina kadhaa zinatoka uzalishaji mtambuka wa mabata bukini wa Ulaya na Uchina.

Spishi za Afrika
 Anser albifrons, Bata Bukini Paji-jeupe (Greater White-fronted Goose)
 Anser a. albifrons, Bata Bukini Paji-jeupe wa Ulaya (Eurasian White-fronted Goose)
 Anser anser, Bata Bukini wa Ulaya (Greylag Goose)
 Anser a. anser, Bata Bukini Magharibi (Western Greylag Goose)
 Anser a. domesticus, Bata Bukini Kaya wa Ulaya (Domesticated goose)
 Anser a. rubrirostris, Bata Bukini Mashariki (Eastern Greylag Goose)
 Anser cygnoides, Bata Bukini wa Uchina (Swan Goose) haitokei porini kwa Afrika
 Anser cygnoides domesticus, Bata Bukini Kaya (Chinese and African Goose)
 Anser fabalis, Bata Bukini Mbuga (Taiga Bean Goose)
 Anser f. fabalis, Bata Bukini Mbuga Magharibi (Western Bean Goose)
 Anser serrirostris, Bata Bukini Tundra (Tundra Bean Goose)
 Anser s. rossicus, Bata Bukini Tundra wa Urusi (Russian Bean Goose)

Spishi za mabara mengine
 Anser albifrons (Greater White-fronted Goose)
 Anser a. albifrons (Eurasian White-fronted Goose)
 Anser a. elgasi (Tule Goose)
 Anser a. flavirostris (Greenland White-fronted Goose)
 Anser a. frontalis (Pacific White-fronted Goose)
 Anser a. gambeli (Gambel White-fronted Goose)
 Anser brachyrhynchus (Pink-footed Goose)
 Anser caerulescens (Snow Goose)
 Anser canagicus (Emperor Goose)
 Anser cygnoides (Swan Goose)
 Anser erythropus (Lesser White-fronted Goose)
 Anser fabalis (Bean Goose)
 Anser f. fabalis (Western Bean Goose)
 Anser f. johanseni (Johansen Bean Goose)
 Anser f. middendorffi (Middendorf's Bean Goose)
 Anser indicus  (Bar-headed Goose)
 Anser rossii (Ross's Goose)
 Anser serrirostris (Tundra Bean Goose)
 Anser s. rossicus (Russian Bean Goose)
 Anser s. serrirostris (Siberian Bean Goose)
 Branta bernicla Brant Goose)
 Branta b. bernicla (Dark-bellied Brant Goose)
 Branta b. hrota (Pale-bellied Brant Goose)
 Branta b. nigricans (Black Brant)
 Branta canadensis Canada Goose)
 Branta hutchinsii (Cackling Goose) - zamani iliainishwa katika B. canadensis
 Branta hylobadistes (Nēnē-nui au Woods-walking Goose) kabla ya historia
 Branta leucopsis (Barnacle Goose)
 Branta ruficollis (Red-breasted Goose)
 Branta sandvicensis (Hawaiian Goose au Nēnē)
 Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape Barren Goose) pengine inaainishwa katika familia ndogo Cereopsinae

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