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Birds of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of birds reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1
Dendrocygna bicolor
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
Eurasian Wigeon 6
Anas penelope
Mallard 7
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 8
Anas rubripes
Gadwall 9
Anas strepera
Bufflehead 4
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 10
Bucephala clangula
Red-breasted Merganser 11
Mergus serrator
Surf Scoter 4
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 12
Aythya affinis
Redhead 13
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 4
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 14
Aythya marila
Canvasback 15
Aythya valisineria
Snow Goose 4
Chen caerulescens
Ruddy Duck 16
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 17
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 18
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 8
Lophodytes cucullatus

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