List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - 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 swan. 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. There are 131 species world wide, and 61 North American species.

• Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
• Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
• Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
• (–L–) Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens (-Winters-)
• Canada Goose, Branta canadensis (-Winters-)
• Brant, Branta bernicla, (Brent Goose),
• Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
• Wood Duck, Aix sponsa (?Mountains, etc.)
• ( * SW) Gadwall, Anas strepera (-Winters-)
• (Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope) Calif visitor?
• American Wigeon, Anas americana (-Winters-)
• Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos Perm ?
• Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors (-Winters-)
• ( * SW) sw–06(Feb 23) Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera Perm ?
• Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata (-Winters-)
• Northern Pintail, Anas acuta ?(-Winters-) Calif & Mex.
• Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (-Winters-)
• Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (-Winters-)
• ( * SW) Redhead, Aythya americana (-Winters-)
• sw–06 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris (-Winters-)
• Greater Scaup, Aythya marila (-Winters-)
• Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis (-Winters-)
• Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
• White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
• Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra
• Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (-Winters-)
• Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula (-Winters-)
• Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
• Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (-Winters-)
• Common Merganser, Mergus merganser (-Winters-)
• Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
• ( * SW) Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis Perm ?

• Female Ring-necked Duck
  Aythya collaris

• Male Ring-necked Duck
  Aythya collaris

• Ring-necked Pheasant
  Variant