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Waterfowl Identification

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Keep your waterfowl ID skills sharp! Click on a species name below to see more photos, learn details and even listen to audio files for some of the most common ducks and geese in North America.

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Dabbling Ducks

American Black Duck
(3 Images)
Blue-winged Teal
(4 Images)
Cinnamon Teal
(3 Images)
Gadwall
(5 Images)
Green-winged Teal
(4 Images)
Mallard
(7 Images)
American Wigeon
(4 Images)
Wood Duck
(5 Images)
Eurasian Wigeon
(1 Image)
Northern Shoveler
(4 Images)
White-cheeked Pintail
(1 Image)
Masked Duck
(1 Image)
Muscovy Duck
(1 Image)
Northern Pintail
(5 Images)

Diving Ducks

Ruddy Duck
(3 Images)
Tufted Duck
(1 Image)
Canvasback
(4 Images)
Greater Scaup
(1 Image)
Red-breasted Merganser
(1 Image)
Steller's Eider
(1 Image)
Surf Scoter
(1 Image)
Harlequin Duck
(3 Images)
White-winged Scoter
(1 Image)
Spectacled Eider
(1 Image)
King Eider
(1 Image)
Common Eider
(1 Image)
Barrow's Goldeneye
(1 Image)
Black Scoter
(1 Image)
Common Merganser
(1 Image)
Hooded Merganser
(4 Images)
Redhead
(4 Images)
Ring-necked Duck
(3 Images)
Lesser Scaup
(4 Images)
Common Goldeneye
(3 Images)
Bufflehead
(4 Images)

Geese

Canada Goose
(4 Images)
White-fronted Goose
(1 Image)
Lesser Snow Goose
(1 Image)
Emperor Goose
(1 Image)
Brant
(3 Images)
Barnacle Goose
(1 Image)
Hawaiian "Nene" Goose
(1 Image)
Ross' Goose
(1 Image)
Greater Snow Goose
(3 Images)
Cackling Goose
(1 Image)

Whistling Duck

Swan

Tundra Swan
(1 Image)
Trumpeter Swan
(1 Image)

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