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MatBio: BIRDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Wood Duck 1
Aix sponsa
Northern Pintail 2
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 3
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 4
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 5
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 4
Anas discors
Mottled Duck 6
Anas fulvigula
Mallard 7
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 8
Anas rubripes
Lesser Scaup 9
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 4
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Brant 11
Branta bernicla
Common Goldeneye 12
Bucephala clangula
Snow Goose 4
Chen caerulescens
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 13
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 14
Dendrocygna bicolor
Hooded Merganser 8
Lophodytes cucullatus
White-winged Scoter 4
Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter 15
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 4
Melanitta perspicillata
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck 17
Oxyura jamaicensis
Gadwall 18
Anas strepera
Redhead
Aythya americana
Bufflehead 4
Bucephala albeola
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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