Waterfowl ID
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Subfamily Dendrocygninae: Whistling ducks
Fulvous Whistling duck
Black-bellied Whistling duck
Subfamily Anserinae: swans and geese
Tribe Cygnini: swans
Whistling (Tundra) swan
Trumpeter swan
Mute swan
Tribe Anserini: geese
Greater White-fronted goose
Tule White-fronted goose
Snow goose
Lesser Snow goose (white phase)
Lesser Snow goose (blue phase)
Greater Snow goose
Ross' goose
Emperor goose
Canada goose
Atlantic Canada goose
Interior (Hudson Bay) Canada goose
Giant Canada goose
Western Canada goose
Lesser Canada goose
Taverner's Cackling goose
Vancouver Canada goose
Dusky Canada goose
Aleutian Cackling goose
Bering Canada goose
Cackling Cackling goose
Richardson's Cackling goose
Brant
Atlantic Brant
Black (Pacific) Brant
Hawaiian goose or Nene
Subfamily Anatinae:
Tribe Anatini: Dabbling ducks
American Wood duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard

Mexican duck

Laysan duck (Teal)
Hawaiian duck
Mottled (Florida) duck
American Black duck |
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
American Green-winged Teal
Eurasian Green-winged Teal

Tribe Aythyini: Pochards (Bay ducks)

Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked duck
Tufted duck
Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Tribe Mergini: Sea ducks
Common Eider
King Eider
Spectacled Eider

Steller's Eider

Black Scoter
White-winged (Velvet) Scoter
Surf Scoter
Harlequin duck
Labrador duck
Oldsquaw
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead

Smew

Common Merganser (Goosander)

Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Tribe Oxyurini: Stiff-tailed ducks
Masked duck

Ruddy duck
A Selection of Foreign Waterfowl
Ashy-headed goose
Mandarin duck
African Pigmy goose
Crested (southern) Screamer
Upland (Megellanic) goose
Hottentot Teal
Black-neck swan
Black swan

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