Ducks, Geese and Swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. \
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta (A)
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (A)
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (A)
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
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Famous quotes containing the words geese and/or swans:
“Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“I know of the sleepy country, where swans fly round
Coupled with golden chains, and sing as they fly.
A king and a queen are wandering there, and the sound
Has made them so happy and hopeless, so deaf and so blind
With wisdom, they wander till all the years have gone by....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)