Ducks and Geese
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)
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (A)
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (A)
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (A)
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (A)
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica
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Famous quotes containing the words ducks and/or geese:
“Three young rats with black felt hats,
Three young ducks with white straw flats,”
—Unknown. Three Young Rats (l. 1–2)
“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)