List of Birds of New Jersey - 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 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. There are 44 New Jersey species.

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
• Ross's Goose Chen rossii
• Brant Branta bernicla
• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (A)
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor (I)
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
• American Wigeon Anas americana
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
• Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (A)
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Garganey Anas querquedula (A)
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (A)
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• 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 (A)
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis