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
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa (A)
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
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