List of Birds of Bermuda - 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.

• West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea (A)
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (A)
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
• Brant Branta bernicla (A)
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis (A)
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor (A)
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (A)
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Gadwall Anas strepera (A)
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope (A)
• American Wigeon Anas americana
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (I)
• Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (A)
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta (A)
• Garganey Anas querquedula (A)
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria (A)
• Redhead Aythya americana (A)
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (A)
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (A)
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A)
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (A)
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca (A)
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana (A)
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis (A)
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola (A)
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula (A)
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser (A)
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (A)
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (A)