Birds of Puerto Rico - Ducks, Geese, and Swans

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, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

• Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
• West Indian Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna arborea
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
• Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus (A)
• Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens (A)
• Brant Goose, Branta bernicla (A)
• Canada Goose, Branta canadensis (A)
• Wood Duck, Aix sponsa (A)
• Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope (A)
• American Wigeon, Anas americana (A)
• Gadwall, Anas strepera (A)
• Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (A)
• Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A)
• American Black Duck, Anas rubripes (A)
• Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata (A)
• White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis
• Garganey Anas querquedula (A)
• Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
• Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera (A)
• Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
• Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A)
• Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris (A)
• Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis (A)
• Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (A)
• Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
• Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator (A)
• Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominica
• Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis