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Order for ducks, geese and swans

Anseriformes

Family for ducks, geese, and swans

Anatidae

Subfamily for geese and swans

Anserinae

Subfamily for ducks

Anatinae

Greater white fronted goose

Orange legs and beak. White patch around beak. Speckled belly

Snow goose

The one on the right. Dark lipstick mark. Can be gray

Ross' goose

Smaller version of snow goose. Shorter and squatter. On the left

Canada goose

Cackling goose

Large white band on neck

Supposed to have yellow mark by eye

Tundra swan

Black slightly curved bill. Straight neck

Mute swan

Orange bill with black bulb. Hisses and is invasive.

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

Males have black butt. Black feet. Black bill. Fine pattern.

Gadwall

Male has white on top of head, white belly, black feather ends and tail, green behind eyes. Black tip beak

American Wigeon

No white belly. Dark colored with purple secondaries. Top of head dark

American black duck

Male - Green head and white collar. Wings have purplish blue secondaries with a white line above them

Mallard

Leopard print. Blue on front of wing. Green secondaries. Crescent moon on head

Blue winged teal

Blue front of wing. Green secondaries.

Cinnamon teal

Bill is spatulate. Male has green head with large white band. Cinnamon sides. Blue fronts of wings with green secondaries

Northern shoveler

Brown head. White mark reaches up behind head. Fine pattern. Long Tail feathers. Green secondaries with yellow line. Black beak

Northern pintail

Brown head, green patch through eye, fine pattern, white band up shoulder. Half of secondaries green

Green winged teal

Brown head, black chest, straight bill

Canvasback

Slate gray bill with black tip. More gray

Redhead

White goes up front of shoulder. Pointy head. White around bill. Mark around neck. White around beak

Ring necked duck

Round head. More white. Female- white around bill

Greater scaup

Shorter. Crew cut crest

Lesser scaup

Flattened bill. Thumbnail

White winged scooter

Long tail. white head mark

Long tailed duck

Iridescent head. Male white spot on back of head. Back is black. Female has less white

Bufflehead

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

Males have big black and white crest and brown sides. Black and white stripe at shoulder. Black beak

Hooded merganser

Female

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

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

Males have big white mark behind bill. Dark red

Ruddy duck

Female has stripes from beak