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Ducks, general

7, 14, 18, 22, 28, 30, 49, 53, 63, 65, 68, 69, 70, 95, 98, 99, 103, 105, 120, 131, 133, 134, 141, 163, 164, 177, 179, 186, 188, 189, 190, 196, 198, 201

American black duck (Anas rubripes)

41, 46, 47, 118, 136, 168

American eider (see common eider)

American wigeon (Anas americana)

187, 207

Australian shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)

132

Australian (Pacific) black duck (Anas superciliosa)

132

Australian white-eye (Hardhead) (Aythya australis)

132

Aythya spp.

18, 30, 39, 44, 100, 104, 116, 174, 188, 190

Black (American) scoter (Melanitta nigra)

72

Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)

10, 67, 81, 94, 101, 102, 201

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

174

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)

13, 14, 23, 47, 48, 94, 112, 185, 194, 207

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

24, 34, 35, 38, 41, 72, 83, 168

Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

31, 72, 96, 113, 114, 133, 158, 174

Common (American) merganser (Mergus merganser americanus)

47, 133, 168

Common pochard (Aythya ferina)

6, 10, 102, 103, 113, 114, 133, 134, 170, 187, 192

Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope)

6, 10, 32, 60, 72, 102, 113, 114, 131, 133, 138, 152, 154, 160, 187, 204

Florida duck (Mallard) (Anas platyrhynchos fulvigula)

181

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

6, 94, 113, 161

Gray teal (Anas gibberifrons)

131, 139

Greater scaup (Aythya marila)

30

Green-winged teal (Anas crecca)

6, 10, 60, 102, 113, 114, 131, 136, 158, 170, 207

Hardhead duck (Aythya australis)

132

Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

142

Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)

44, 47, 77, 100, 207

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

3, 6, 8, 10, 16, 20, 21, 26, 33, 36, 39, 41, 46, 47, 55, 56, 71, 80, 84, 89, 90, 92, 94, 98, 101, 113, 114, 118, 158, 160, 170, 178, 181, 184, 187, 201, 207, 209, 211

Merganser, (Mergidae), general

174

Mexican duck (Mallard) (Anas platyrynchos diazi)

26

Mountain duck (Tadorna tadornoides)

172

Northern eider (see common eider)

Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

21, 102, 178, 207

Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)

6, 102, 113, 133, 170

Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

72, 104, 113, 144

Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)

132

Pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranacus)

132

Red-billed teal (Anas erythroryncha)

132, 206

Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

72

Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)

171

Redhead (Aythya americana)

13, 23, 47, 48, 104, 194, 207

Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)

41, 136

Shell duck (Tadorna sp.)

82

Smew (Mergellus albellus)

6

Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

6, 33, 113, 114, 133, 158, 162, 170, 192, 210

White-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca)

27

Wood (Carolina) duck (Aix sponsa)

136, 159

Geese, general

21, 139, 144, 151, 153, 179, 183

Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

19, 127, 134, 151, 153, 173

Bean goose (Anser fabalis)

14, 19, 138, 153

Brant (Brent) goose (Branta bernicla)

14, 28, 42, 49, 50, 61, 62, 82, 91, 102, 106, 107, 108, 115, 131, 147, 153, 155, 156, 198, 199, 202, 204

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

2, 5, 7, 14, 25, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 52, 78, 85, 88, 113, 114, 117, 119, 123, 124, 125, 126, 140, 167, 169, 175, 176, 177, 180, 196, 199, 200, 201, 203, 208

Emperor goose (Chen canagica)

62, 199

Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

14, 19, 64, 138, 140, 145, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153

Greylag goose (Anser anser)

14, 19, 122, 128, 140, 143, 144, 153

Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

14, 76, 97, 127, 128, 129, 130, 134, 143, 144, 151, 153

Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)

19

Snow (blue) goose (Chen caerulescens)

8, 9, 12, 17, 29, 37, 45, 73, 77, 123, 165, 205

Swans, general

Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

113, 133, 135, 146, 192

Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)

87, 195

Tundra (whistling) swan (Cygnus columbianus)

15, 86, 205

Waterfowl, general

1, 4, 7, 22, 26, 39, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 74, 79, 75, 93, 102, 104, 109, 110, 111, 131, 134, 135, 136, 148, 157, 160, 163, 166, 171, 191, 192, 193, 205

* Scientific and common names according to Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Garner. 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, Resource Publication 166. 79 pp.