WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION ID - 2012.pdf · Puddle Ducks • Mallard • American black duck •...
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WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION
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WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION
Wing Feather Nomenclature
(and ALULAR COVERTS)
MARGINAL COVERTS
(GREATER)
SCAPULARS
Note: Primary and secondary flight feathers are called REMIGES Tail feathers are called RETRICES (singular = RETRIX)
Swans
• Trumpeter swan • Tundra swan • Mute swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Geese
• Canada goose • Greater white-fronted goose • Snow goose • Ross’ goose • Brant
Canada Goose (not Canadian Goose!)
Greater White-fronted
Goose
Snow Goose
white morph
blue morph
Ross’ Goose
Snow goose on left;
Ross’ goose on right
Brant
Puddle Ducks • Mallard • American black duck • American wigeon and Eurasian wigeon • Blue-winged teal • Cinnamon teal • Green-winged teal • Gadwall • Northern pintail • Northern shoveler • Wood duck
Mallard
Male
Female
American Black Duck
Male on left; Female on right
American Wigeon
Male
Male
Female
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian wigeon with American wigeon
Male
Male and female
Gadwall Female
male Male
Blue-winged Teal
Female
Male
Male
Cinnamon Teal
Male
Female
Green-winged Teal
Female
Male
Northern Shoveler
Female
Male
Northern Pintail
Female
Male
Wood Duck
Female
Male
Bay Ducks
• Canvasback • Greater scaup • Lesser scaup • Redhead • Ring-necked duck
Canvasback
Male
Female
Redhead
Female Male
Lesser Scaup
Male
Female
Greater Scaup
Female
Male
Ring-necked Duck
Sea Ducks • Bufflehead • Barrow’s goldeneye • Common goldeneye • Harlequin duck • Long-tailed duck • Common merganser • Hooded merganser • Red-breasted merganser
• Common eider • Spectacled eider • King eider • Steller’s eider • Black scoter • Surf scoter • White-winged scoter
Bufflehead Female
Male
Harlequin Duck
male
female
male
Common Goldeneye
Male
Female
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Female
Male
Long-tailed Duck
Male
Female
Common Merganser
Male
Female
Red-breasted Merganser
Male Female
Hooded Merganser
Eiders
Common Eider
Spectacled Eider
King Eider
Steller’s Eider
Scoters
Black Scoter Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Stiff-tailed Ducks
• Ruddy duck
Ruddy Duck
Male and female
Male
