North American Ducks, Geese and Swans

Ducks, geese, and swans
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 131 species world wide and 61 North American species.

* Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
* Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
* Bean Goose, Anser fabalis
* Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C)
* Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
* Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A)
* Emperor Goose, Chen canagica
* Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
* Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
* Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii
* Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
* Brant, Branta bernicla
* Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (A)
* Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I)
* Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
* Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
* Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
* Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
* Wood Duck, Aix sponsa
* Gadwall, Anas strepera
* Falcated Duck, Anas falcata (C)
* Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope
* American Wigeon, Anas americana
* American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
* Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
* Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula
* Spot-billed Duck, Anas poecilorhyncha (A)
* Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
* Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
* Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
* White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis (C)
* Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
* Garganey, Anas querquedula
* Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (C)
* Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
* Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
* Redhead, Aythya americana
* Common Pochard, Aythya ferina
* Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
* Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
* Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
* Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
* Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri
* Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri
* 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 nigra
* Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
* Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
* Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
* Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
* Smew, Mergellus albellus
* Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
* Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
* Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
* Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus
* Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis