Ducks
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)
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata (A)
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca (A)
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (A)
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta (A)
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (A)
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (A)
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (A)
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica
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