Florida’s Waterfowl   

Order    Anseriformes -- Family    Anatidae

Whistling-Ducks    Dendrocygninae

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (b)    Dendrocygna auturnnalis

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (b)    Dendrocygna bicolor

Geese and Swans    Anserinae

Greater White-fronted Goose    Anser albifrons

Snow Goose    Chen caerulescens

Ross's Goose (r)    Chen rossii

Cackling Goose (r)    Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose (e)    Branta canadensis

Brant    Branta bernicla

Tundra Swan    Cygnus columbianus

True Ducks    Anatinae

Dabbling Ducks    tribe Anatini

Muscovy Duck (e),(b)    Cairina moschata

Wood Duck (b)    Aix sponsa

Gadwall    Anas strepera

Eurasian Wigeon (r)    Anas penelope

American Wigeon    Anas americana

American Black Duck    Anas rubripes

Mallard (e) (b)    Anas platyrhynchos

Mottled Duck (b)    Anas fulvigula

Blue-winged Teal    Anas discors

Cinnamon Teal (r)    Anas cyanoptera

Northern Shoveler    Anas clypeata

White-cheeked Pintail (r)    Anas bahamensis

Northern Pintail    Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal    Anas crecca

Pochards    tribe Aythyini

Canvasback    Aythya valisineria

Redhead    Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck    Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup    Aythya marila

Lesser Scaup    Aythya affinis

Sea Ducks    subfamily Merginae

King Eider (r)    Somateria spectabilis

Common Eider    Somateria mollissima

Harlequin Duck    Histrionicus histrionicus

Surf Scoter    Melanitta perspicillata

White-winged Scoter    Melanitta fusca

Black Scoter    Melanitta americana

Long-tailed Duck    Clangula hyemalis

Bufflehead    Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye    Bucephala clangula

Hooded Merganser    Lophodytes cucullatus

Common Merganser (r)    Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser    Mergus serrator

Stiff-tails    subfamily, Oxyurinae

Masked Duck (r)    Nomonyx dominicus

Ruddy Duck    Oxyura jamaicensis

b  = breeds in florida

r  = rarely sighted

e = introduced or exotic