List of North American birds (Anseriformes)
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 territorial disputes. There are three species worldwide, one of which occurred in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Horned Screamer, Anhima cornuta (Ex)
Ducks, geese, and swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
- American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
- American Wigeon, Anas americana
- Baikal Teal, Anas formosa (A)
- Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (C)
- Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
- Taiga Bean-Goose, Anser fabalis (A)
- Tundra Bean-Goose, Anser serrirostris (A)
- Black Scoter, Melanitta americana
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors
- Brant, Branta bernicla
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
- Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
- Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera
- Comb Duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Eider, Somateria mollissima
- Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
- Common Pochard, Aythya ferina (A)
- Emperor Goose, Chen canagica
- Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope (C)
- Falcated Duck, Anas falcata (A)
- Ferruginous Duck, Aythya nyroca (A)
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
- Gadwall, Anas strepera
- Garganey, Anas querquedula (A)
- Graylag Goose, Anser anser (A)
- Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
- Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
- Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca
- Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
- Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
- King Eider, Somateria spectabilis
- Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E)
- Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
- Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A)
- Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus
- Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula
- Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
- MUTE Swan, Cygnus olor (I)
- Northern Pintail, Anas acuta
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata
- Orinoco Goose, Neochen jubata (A)
- Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C)
- Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
- Redhead, Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris
- Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
- Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (A)
- Smew, Mergellus albellus (A)
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
- Southern Pochard, Netta erythrophthalma (A)
- Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri
- Spot-billed Duck, Anas poecilorhyncha (A) (only Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha)
- Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri
- Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
- Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
- West Indian Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna arborea
- White-cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis
- White-faced Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna viduata
- White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca
- Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Wood Duck, Aix sponsa