Waterfowl of Ontario

this guide can help you identify what waterbirds you see in Ontario

Mallard 1
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck × Mallard 2
Anas rubripes × platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 3
Anas rubripes
Mallard × Northern Pintail 4
Anas platyrhynchos × acuta
Blue-winged Teal 5
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 6
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 7
Anas crecca
Gadwall 8
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 9
Spatula clypeata
Mallard × American Wigeon 10
Anas platyrhynchos × Mareca americana
American Wigeon 11
Mareca americana
Ruddy Duck 12
Oxyura jamaicensis
Eurasian Wigeon 13
Mareca penelope
Wood Duck 14
Aix sponsa
Harlequin Duck 15
Histrionicus histrionicus
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 16
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Hooded Merganser 11
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser 17
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Mergus serrator
Common Goldeneye × Hooded Merganser 5
Bucephala clangula × Lophodytes cucullatus
Common × Barrow's Goldeneye 2
Bucephala clangula × islandica
Common Goldeneye 19
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 20
Bucephala islandica
Bufflehead 21
Bucephala albeola
Greater Scaup 22
Aythya marila
Canvasback × Redhead 2
Aythya valisineria × americana
Lesser Scaup 17
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 23
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 24
Aythya fuligula
Canvasback 25
Aythya valisineria
Redhead 21
Aythya americana
Long-tailed Duck 26
Clangula hyemalis
Black Scoter 8
Melanitta americana
King Eider 27
Somateria spectabilis
White-winged Scoter 28
Melanitta deglandi
Surf Scoter 29
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Eider 30
Somateria mollissima
Canada Goose 31
Branta canadensis
Mallard × Muscovy Duck 32
Anas platyrhynchos × Cairina moschata
Cackling Goose 33
Branta hutchinsii
Greater White-fronted Goose 34
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 35
Anser caerulescens
Greylag × Canada Goose 36
Anser anser × Branta canadensis
Brant 37
Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose 38
Branta leucopsis
Ross's Goose 39
Anser rossii
Trumpeter Swan 40
Cygnus buccinator
Mute Swan 41
Cygnus olor
Tundra Swan 42
Cygnus columbianus

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