Identification Guides – BIRDS

FLAMINGOS (Order Phoenicopteriformes)
– Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Flamingo in the pond - Punta Cana - 2009

SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS (Order Anseriformes)
– Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocynga bicolor)
– Black -bellied Whistling Duck (Whistling Tree Duck) (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Whistling Ducks - Barataria Preserve south of New Orleans
– Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)


– Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
– Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
– Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
– Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Snow Goose
– Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii)
– Emperor Goose (Chen canagica)
– Brant (Branta bernicla)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
– Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
– Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) - female
– Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Male Green-Winged Teal

Female Green-Winged Teal on the Ottawa River
– American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

American Black Duck X Mallard (Male – Fall Plumage)
American Black Duck X Mallard (Male - Fall plumage)

– Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
– Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
– Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
– White-Cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) *** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC***
White-Cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
– Garganey (Anas querquedula)
– Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
– Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
– Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
– Gadwall (Anas strepera)
– Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
– American Wigeon (Anas americana)

American Widgeon (Anas americana)

American Widgeon (Anas americana)
– Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
– Redhead (Aythya americana)
Male Redhead Duck at Alfred Lagoon
– Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
– Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
– Greater Scaup (Aythyua marila)
– Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
– Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
– King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
– Speckled Eider (Somateria fischeri)
– Steller’s Eider (Polysticta stelleri)
– Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)- Female

– Long-Tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) (Clangula hyemalis)
– Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
– Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) - Female
– White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
– Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
– Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
– Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
– Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
– Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Male Merganser in Flight - Mara Provincial Park
– Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
– Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Ruddy Duck at Alfred Lagoon
– Masked Duck (Oxyura dominica)

AFRICAN DUCKS & GEESE (Order Anseriformes)
– Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

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