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.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
- West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (A)
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis (A)
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa (A)
- American Wigeon Anas americana (A)
- Gadwall Anas strepera (A)
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca (A)
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes (A)
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta (A)
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (A)
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (A)
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria (A)
- Redhead Aythya americana (A)
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila (A)
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola (A)
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (A)
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (A)
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica (A)
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (A)
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Famous quotes containing the words geese and/or swans:
“They yelleden as fiendes doon in hell;
The duckes cryden as men would them quell;
The geese for feare flewen over the trees;
Out of the hive came the swarm of bees.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)