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 (A)
- West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea (A)
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (A)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope (A)
- American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca (A)
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta (A)
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (A)
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (A)
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (A)
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria (A)
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (A)
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (A)
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica (A)
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (A)
- Hooded Merganser Lodhodytes cucullatus (A)
Read more about this topic: Birds Of Antigua And Barbuda
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“As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation. Standing at my door, I could hear the rush of their wings; when, driving toward my house, they suddenly spied my light, and with hushed clamor wheeled and settled in the pond. So I came in, and shut the door, and passed my first spring night in the woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)