Difference between revisions of "Waterfowl"

Latest revision as of 01:44, 22 January 2011

Birds of Prey
Eagles • Falcons • Hawks • Osprey • Owls

Waterfowl
Ducks • Geese • Swans • Cormorants • Loons • Grebes

Near Shore Birds
Bitterns • Cranes • Egrets • Herons • Plovers • Rails • Kingfisher • Phalaropes • Sandpipers

Galliforms
Grouse • Pheasants • Turkeys

Other Birds
Blackbirds • Cardinals • Chickadees • Creepers • Cuckoos • Doves • Finches • Grosbeaks • Gulls • Hummingbirds • Kinglets • Larks • Night Jars • Nuthatches • Orioles • Pigeons • Pipits • Shrike • Sparrows • Starlings • Swifts • Swallows • Terns • Tanagers • Thrashers • Thrushes • Titmice • Towhees • Tyrant Flycatchers • Warblers • Waxwings • Woodpeckers • Wrens • Vireo • Vultures

Local waterfowl includes geese, swans, and ducks. Other water birds, such as grebes and loons are not in this category.

Ducks

For the article on ducks, click here.

Geese

Greater White-Fronted Goose

(Anser albifrons)

Snow Goose

(Chen caerulescens)

Canada Goose

(Branta canadensis)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - © David Malak

Barnacle Goose

(Branta leucopsis)

NON-NATIVE SPECIES: Sighting reported at Alabama Swamp, likely due to escape from a collector. Photo Available

Swans

Mute Swan

(Cygnus olor)

Tundra Swan

(Cygnus columbianus)

Other Waterfowl

Brant

(Branta bernicla)

Gadwell

(Anas strepera)

American Wigeon

(Anas americana)

Blue-Winged Teal

(Anas discors)

Northern Shoveler

(Anas clypeata)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - © David Malak

Northern Pintail

(Anas acuta)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) - © David Malak

Green Winged Teal

(Anas crecca)

Surf Scooter

(Melanitta perspicillata)

White-Winged Scooter

(Melanitta fusca)

Black Scooter

(Melanitta nigra)

Bufflehead

(Bucephala albeola)

Common Goldeneye

(Bucephala clangula)

Hooded Merganser

(Lophodytes cucullatus)

Common Merganser

(Mergus merganser)

Red-Breasted Merganser

(Mergus serrator)

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 == Ducks ==
-=== Wood Duck ===
+For the article on ducks, click [[Ducks|here]].
-(Aix sponsa)
-=== American Black Duck ===
-(Anas rubripes)
-=== Mallard Duck ===
-(Anas platyrhynchos)
-[[File:Mallard.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) ♂(r.)/♀(l.) - © David Malak]]
-=== Canvasback ===
-(Aythya valisineria)
-=== Redhead ===
-(Aythya americana)
-=== Ring-Necked Duck ===
-(Aythya collaris)
-[[File:Ringneck.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris) - © David Malak]]
-=== Greater Scaup ===
-(Aythya marila)
-=== Lesser Scaup ===
-(Aythya affinis)
-=== Long-Tailed Duck ===
-(Clangula hyemalis)
-[[File:Long-tailed.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - © David Malak]]
-=== Ruddy Duck ===
-(Oxyura jamaicensis)
 == Geese ==
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 [[File:Goose.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - © David Malak]]
+=== Barnacle Goose ===
+(Branta leucopsis)
+'''NON-NATIVE SPECIES:''' Sighting reported at Alabama Swamp, likely due to escape from a collector. [[Media:Barnaclegoose.jpg|Photo Available]]
 == Swans ==