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, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
- West Indian Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna arborea
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus (A)
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens (A)
- Brant Goose, Branta bernicla (A)
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis (A)
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa (A)
- Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope (A)
- American Wigeon, Anas americana (A)
- Gadwall, Anas strepera (A)
- Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca (A)
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (A)
- American Black Duck, Anas rubripes (A)
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata (A)
- White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis
- Garganey Anas querquedula (A)
- Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera (A)
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (A)
- Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris (A)
- Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis (A)
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (A)
- Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator (A)
- Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominica
- Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
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