Local animals in this group:
- wood duck
- northern pintail
- American wigeon
- northern shoveler
- blue-winged teal
- Eurasian wigeon
- mallard
- American black duck
- greater white-fronted goose
- lesser scaup
- redhead
- ring-necked duck
- tufted duck
- canvasback
- Canada goose
- bufflehead
- common goldeneye
- Barrow's goldeneye
- long-tailed duck
- trumpeter swan
- whooper swan
- mute swan
- common merganser
- red-breasted merganser
- ruddy duck
- king eider
ducks, geese, and swans
Anatidae
Almost all the birds in the order Anseriformes are in the family Anatidae. This family includes ducks, geese, and swans . These well-known water birds can be recognized by their large size and their webbed feet.
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