List of Birds of Barbados - 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, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.

  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (M)
  • White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata (M)
  • West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea (M)
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis (B)
  • Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (M)
  • Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata (M)
  • Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope (M)
  • American Wigeon Anas americana (M)
  • Green-winged Teal Anas crecca (M)
  • Northern Pintail Anas acuta (M)
  • White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (M)
  • Garganey Anas querquedula (A)
  • Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (M)
  • Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera ........It has been accepted that this species' identification was an error, it was B.W.Teal (DGB)
  • Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (M)
  • Redhead Aythya americana (A) ... ???
  • Common Pochard Aythya ferina (A) (Feb. 2011)
  • Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (M)
  • Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A) ........Still questionable, like above for C.Teal which were both identified at the same time/place (DGB)
  • Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (M)
  • Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
  • Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica (B)
  • Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (A)

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