List of birds of North America (Anseriformes)
The birds listed below belong to the biological order Anseriformes, and are native to North America.
Screamers
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anhimidae
The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. There are three species worldwide, one of which occurred in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta (Ex) LC
Ducks, geese and swans
Canada goose
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
- White-faced whistling-duck, Dendrocygna viduata LC
- Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis LC
- West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea VU
- Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor LC
- Emperor goose, Anser canagicus NT
- Snow goose, Anser caerulescens LC
- Ross's goose, Anser rossii LC
- Graylag goose, Anser anser (A) LC
- Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons LC
- Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (A) VU
- Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A) LC
- Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (A) (A. fabalis: LC)
- Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C) LC
- Brant, Branta bernicla LC
- Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (C) LC
- Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii LC
- Canada goose, Branta canadensis LC
- Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I) LC
- Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator LC
- Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus LC
- Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus LC
- Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (I)
- Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A)
- Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (A)
- Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata LC
- Wood duck, Aix sponsa LC
- Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A) LC
- Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A) LC
- Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors LC
- Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera LC
- Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata LC
- Gadwall, Mareca strepera LC
- Falcated duck, Mareca falcata (A) NT
- Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (C) LC
- American wigeon, Mareca americana LC
- Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha (A) LC
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos LC
- Mexican duck, Anas diazi
- American black duck, Anas rubripes LC
- Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula LC
- White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis LC
- Northern pintail, Anas acuta LC
- Green-winged teal, Anas crecca LC
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria LC
- Redhead, Aythya americana LC
- Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) LC
- Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris LC
- Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula LC
- Greater scaup, Aythya marila LC
- Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis LC
- Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri VU T
- Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri LC T
- King eider, Somateria spectabilis LC
- Common eider, Somateria mollissima LC
- Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus LC
- Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E) EX
- Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata LC
- Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca (A)
- White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi LC
- Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri
- Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (A)
- Black scoter, Melanitta americana NT
- Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis VU
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola LC
- Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula LC
- Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica LC
- Smew, Mergellus albellus (A) LC
- Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus LC
- Common merganser, Mergus merganser LC
- Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator LC
- Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus LC
- Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis LC}
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