List of Birds of Oklahoma - 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.

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
  • Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
  • Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
  • Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
  • Brant, Branta bernicla (A)
  • Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (A)
  • Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsonii
  • Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
  • Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I)(H)
  • Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
  • Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
  • Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
  • Gadwall, Anas strepera
  • Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope (A)
  • American Wigeon, Anas americana
  • American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
  • Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  • Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula (A)
  • Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
  • Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
  • Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
  • Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
  • Garganey, Anas querquedula
  • Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (H)
  • Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
  • Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  • Redhead, Aythya americana
  • Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
  • Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
  • Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
  • Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  • White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
  • Black Scoter, Melanitta americana (A)
  • 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

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