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 LC
- Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor LC
- Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis LC
- Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris
- Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C) LC
- Greylag Goose, Anser anser (A) LC
- Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons LC
- Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A) VU
- Emperor Goose, Chen canagica NT
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens LC
- Ross's Goose, Chen rossii LC
- Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii LC
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis LC
- Brent Goose, Branta bernicla LC
- Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (C) LC
- Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I) LC
- Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator LC
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus LC
- Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus LC
- Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata LC
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa LC
- Gadwall, Anas strepera LC
- Falcated Duck, Anas falcata (C) NT
- Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope LC
- American Wigeon, Anas americana LC
- American Black Duck, Anas rubripes LC
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos LC
- Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula LC
- Spot-billed Duck, Anas poecilorhyncha (A) LC (only Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha)
- Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors LC
- Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera LC
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata LC
- White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis (C) LC
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta LC
- Garganey, Anas querquedula (C) LC
- Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (C) LC
- Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis
- Common Teal Anas crecca (C) LC
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria LC
- Redhead, Aythya americana LC
- Common Pochard, Aythya ferina LC
- Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris LC
- Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula LC
- Greater Scaup, Aythya marila LC
- Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis LC
- Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri VU T
- Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri LC T
- King Eider, Somateria spectabilis LC
- Common Eider, Somateria mollissima LC
- Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus LC
- Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E) EX
- Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata LC
- White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca EN
- Black Scoter, Melanitta americana NT
- Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis VU
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola LC
- Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula LC
- Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica LC
- Smew, Mergellus albellus LC
- Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus LC
- Common Merganser, Mergus merganser LC
- Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator LC
- Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus LC
- Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis LC
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Canada And The United States
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