Waterfowl ID
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Subfamily Dendrocygninae: Whistling ducks
Dendrocygna bicolor
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Subfamily Anserinae: swans and Geese
Tribe Cygnini: swans
Olor (Cygnus) columbianus
Olor (Cygnus) buccinator
Cygnus olor
Tribe Anserini: Geese
Anser albifrons
A. a. elgasi
Anser (Chen) caerulescens
A. c. caerulescens
A. c. caerulescens
A. c. atlantica
Anser (Chen) rossii
Anser (Chen) canagica
Branta canadensis
B. c. canadensis
B. c. interior
B. c. maxima
B. c. moffitti
B. c. parvipes
Branta hutchinsii taverneri
B. c. fulva
B. c. occidentalis
Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
B. c. asiatica
Branta hutchinsii minima
Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii
Branta bernicla
B. b. hrota
B. b. nigricans
Branta sandvicensis
Subfamily Anatinae:
Tribe Anatini: Dabbling ducks
Aix sponsa
Mareca (Anas) strepera
Mareca (Anas) americana
Mareca (Anas) penelope
Anas platyrhynchos

Anas diazi

Anas laysanensis
Anas wyvilliana
Anas fulvigula
Anas rubripes |
Anas discors
Anas cyanoptera
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Anascarolinensis
Anas crecca

Tribe Aythyini: Pochards (Bay ducks)

Aythya valisineria
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya fuligula
Aythya marila

Aythya affinis

Tribe Mergini: Sea ducks
Somateria mollissima
Somateria spectabilis
Somateria fischeri

Polysticta stelleri

Melanitta nigra
Melanitta fusca
Melanitta perspicillata
Histrionicus histrionicus
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Clangula hyemalis
Bucephala islandica
Bucephala clangula

Bucephala albeola

Mergellus albellus

Mergus merganser

Mergus serrator
Lophodytes cucullatus
Tribe Oxyurini: Stiff-tailed ducks
Nomonyx dominica

Oxyura jamaicensis
A Selection of Foreign Waterfowl
Chloephaga poliocephala
Aix galericulata
Nettapus auritus
Chloephaga poliocephala
Chloephaga picta
Anas hottentota
Cygnus melanocoryphus
Cygnus atratus

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