Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. 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
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis
- Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris
- Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C)
- Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A)
- Emperor Goose, Chen canagica
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
- Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
- Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
- Brant, Branta bernicla
- Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis
- Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (C)
- Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I)
- Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
- Gadwall, Anas strepera
- Falcated Duck, Anas falcata (C)
- Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope
- American Wigeon, Anas americana
- American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Anas zonorhyncha (C)
- Hawaiian Duck, Anas wyvilliana
- Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis
- Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
- White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis (C)
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
- Garganey, Anas querquedula (C)
- Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (C)
- Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
- Redhead, Aythya americana
- Common Pochard, Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
- Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri
- Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri
- King Eider, Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider, Somateria mollissima
- 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
- Smew, Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
- Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The United States
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