List of Birds of Massachusetts - 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.

• Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (R)
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (R)
• Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (R)
• Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
• Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
• Ross's Goose, Chen rossii (R)
• Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii (R)
• Canada Goose, Branta canadensis (n)
• Brant, Branta bernicla
• Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (R)
• Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I) (n)
• Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
• Wood Duck, Aix sponsa (n)
• Gadwall, Anas strepera (n)
• Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope
• American Wigeon, Anas americana (n)
• Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (n)
• American Black Duck, Anas rubripes (n)
• Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors (n)
• Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera (R)
• Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata (n)
• Northern Pintail, Anas acuta (n)
• Garganey, Anas querquedula
• Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (n)
• Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
• Redhead, Aythya americana
• Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris (n)
• Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula (R-female and imm only)
• Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
• Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
• Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri (R)
• King Eider, Somateria spectabilis
• Common Eider, Somateria mollissima (n)
• Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
• Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E)
• Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
• White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
• Black Scoter, Melanitta americana
• Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
• Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
• Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
• Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
• Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (n)
• Common Merganser, Mergus merganser (n)
• Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator (n)
• Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus (R)
• Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (n)