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.
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (A)
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (A)
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greylag Goose Anser anser (A)
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Emperor Goose Chen canagica (A)
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (A)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope (A)
- American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
- Gadwall Anas strepera (A)
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca crecca
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis (A)
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (A)
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (A)
- Redhead Aythya americana (A)
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (A)
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (A)
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A)
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (A)
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri (A)
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra (A)
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana (A)
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (A)
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca (A)
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula (A)
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Greenland
Famous quotes containing the words geese and/or swans:
“the clanging chains
of geese are harnessed to the moon:”
—Roy Campbell (1902–1957)
“Holland is a dream, Monsieur, a dream of gold and smoke—smokier by day, more gilded by night. And night and day that dream is peopled with Lohengrins like these, dreamily riding their black bicycles with high handle-bars, funereal swans constantly drifting throughout the whole country, around the seas, along the canals.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)