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Order for ducks, geese and swans |
Anseriformes |
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Family for ducks, geese, and swans |
Anatidae |
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Subfamily for geese and swans |
Anserinae |
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Subfamily for ducks |
Anatinae |
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Greater white fronted goose |
Orange legs and beak. White patch around beak. Speckled belly |
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Snow goose |
The one on the right. Dark lipstick mark. Can be gray |
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Ross' goose |
Smaller version of snow goose. Shorter and squatter. On the left |
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Canada goose |
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Cackling goose |
Large white band on neck |
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Supposed to have yellow mark by eye |
Tundra swan |
Black slightly curved bill. Straight neck |
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Mute swan |
Orange bill with black bulb. Hisses and is invasive. |
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Male- green head, blue secondaries, red beak and eyes, white up throat and around throat. Females are dark with teardrop white shape around eye |
Wood duck |
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Males have black butt. Black feet. Black bill. Fine pattern. |
Gadwall |
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Male has white on top of head, white belly, black feather ends and tail, green behind eyes. Black tip beak |
American Wigeon |
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No white belly. Dark colored with purple secondaries. Top of head dark |
American black duck |
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Male - Green head and white collar. Wings have purplish blue secondaries with a white line above them |
Mallard |
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Leopard print. Blue on front of wing. Green secondaries. Crescent moon on head |
Blue winged teal |
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Blue front of wing. Green secondaries. |
Cinnamon teal |
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Bill is spatulate. Male has green head with large white band. Cinnamon sides. Blue fronts of wings with green secondaries |
Northern shoveler |
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Brown head. White mark reaches up behind head. Fine pattern. Long Tail feathers. Green secondaries with yellow line. Black beak |
Northern pintail |
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Brown head, green patch through eye, fine pattern, white band up shoulder. Half of secondaries green |
Green winged teal |
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Brown head, black chest, straight bill |
Canvasback |
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Slate gray bill with black tip. More gray |
Redhead |
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White goes up front of shoulder. Pointy head. White around bill. Mark around neck. White around beak |
Ring necked duck |
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Round head. More white. Female- white around bill |
Greater scaup |
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Shorter. Crew cut crest |
Lesser scaup |
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Flattened bill. Thumbnail |
White winged scooter |
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Long tail. white head mark |
Long tailed duck |
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Iridescent head. Male white spot on back of head. Back is black. Female has less white |
Bufflehead |
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male has white patch before eyem. White stripes on wing. White chest and neck. Light yellow eye. White spot on tip of beak |
Common goldeneye |
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Males have big black and white crest and brown sides. Black and white stripe at shoulder. Black beak |
Hooded merganser |
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Male has a red beak. White belly and black head. Crest is low |
Common merganser |
Females have a white spot under their chin. Brown head. Gray back and white belly |
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Male has red eyes. Brown chest white ring around neck and black head. Crest is thin and long. Orange beak. Black back then white then gray |
Red breasted merganser |
Female |
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Males have big white mark behind bill. Dark red |
Ruddy duck |
Female has stripes from beak |