Waterfowl Osteology Reference Master List

"Duck" sternum:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c845/0e679e5173c33cc4eb6bd0dabc00dbb6fd5d.pdf
Duck sternum key!!! I am so greatful:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=icwdmother

merganser
http://slatermuseum.blogspot.com/2014/11/mergansers-toothy-ducks.html
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/tag/red-reasted-merganser/

Ring-neck duck
Pelvis: https://i.imgur.com/5yt9b6J.jpg
Sternum: https://i.imgur.com/92i4ZTq.jpg

Domestic Muscovy Duck:
(I have entire Cairina moschata skeletons, message or comment if you want any specific skeletal elements)
skull missing bill image:https://i.imgur.com/4AB7PSj.jpg
Sternum:
http://harvey.binghamton.edu/~pstahl/Stahl2005.pdf
https://i.imgur.com/76Hco0q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7Usd57Y.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cUN0Js9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DAf28Y0.jpg master
Pelvis:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/27974-peacock-chicken-and-duck-pelvis-comparison
https://imgur.com/OZriuTF
https://imgur.com/cTivNvL
https://imgur.com/CwaIg5H
Skeleton:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31442366

Egyptian goose

Mergansers:
Red breasted:
Sternum: https://imgur.com/WrhXZFB
Pelvis: https://imgur.com/hr76CNn, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16206301116/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/15612404833/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/, https://imgur.com/Vl4USgg
Common:
Sternum: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36845b8eb-2e22-4bc3-a357-dd25f86f8718

Elder, Scooter, Goosander, Merganser:
Pelvis: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16206301116/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/15612404833/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/ https://imgur.com/Vl4USgg (elder)
Sternum: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16232300905/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/

Shelduck, Tufted, Ruddy
Sternum:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16062173579/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Pelvis:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16246376901/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/

Barrow's Goldeneye:
Sternum: https://imgur.com/SsGd1Eq

Northern shoveler:
Sternum:
https://imgur.com/SfeZzbo

ANAS:
Sternum:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16247659482/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Pelvis:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16062595697/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Mallard:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c10ada6b-34a7-4b18-8876-a6a31f9ff1a3 (skeelton)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32532b044-6361-4c6e-9b2b-571ca35b5d20 (skull)
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Comparative-Gross-Anatomy-of-the-Sternum-in-Peacock-Pathak-Gupta/b50a377e1ea3f3793fa7499491f0c7e02b1d6493
Green-winged teal:
http://www.clemson.edu/science/departments/biosci/research/museum/exhibit8/index.html

Auckland Island teal skull:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Prey-remains-of-falcons-from-Adam-I-Auckland-Is-Top-row-left-to-right-front-of-skull_fig1_230601244

Common Teal:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Common_Teal/651

Geese:
Sternum:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16010853649/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Pelvis:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16196842725/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Magpie goose:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36040dfc4-39c7-4bad-be54-162ed4d74d09
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ae3c664a-6178-4517-b993-f16817025ee7
Hawaiian Goose:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Skulls-and-mandibles-in-lateral-view-a-B-canadensis-maxima-USNM-555497-b_fig1_11540628 (skull)
Pacific White-Fronted Goose:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Pacific_White_Fronted_Goose/663
Snow Goose:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Snow_Goose/638
Swan goose:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3040df388-a87d-40dc-926c-b3cf17e8ea00
Brant Goose:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Brant_Goose/635

Anser Anser
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/anser-anser-pelvis-fe0a9bef5f814c599d2f84b5412f74b8

Canada Goose:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Canada_Goose/578
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Canada_Goose/636

SWANS:
Trumpeter Swan:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Trumpeter_Swan/649
Tundra Swan:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Tundra_Swan/573
Sternum:
Mute and Whooper: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16007639270/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16007606100/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Pelvis:
Mute and Whooper: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/15575064823/in/gallery-66337245@N00-72157678747666368/
Black Swan:
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/07/cygnus-sumnerensis.html?m=1
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Photograph-showing-keel-arrow-on-the-ventral-surface-of-sternum-of-a-Black-swan-and_fig2_348731679

Southern screamer/Chauna torquata skeleton:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32a7ac307-0eef-4ded-b68b-0e7a73134570
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b00732ee-cb94-4d59-8a23-32b63e5294d1

American Eider:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/American_Eider/652

Canvasback:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Canvasback/579

Common Goldeneye:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Common_Goldeneye/575

Common Scoter:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Common_Scoter/647
Scoter female:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16044639728/in/album-72157651043869057/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/16231287262/in/album-72157651043869057/

Greater Scaup:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Greater_Scaup/581

King Eider:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/King_Eider/656

Long Tailed Duck:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Oldsquaw/574

White-Winged Scoter:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/White_Winged_Scoter/653

Wood Duck:
https://virtual.imnh.iri.isu.edu/Osteo/View/Wood_Duck/654

Posted on November 13, 2019 07:26 PM by lizardking lizardking

Observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)

Observer

lizardking

Date

August 24, 2019 07:57 PM EDT

Description

Same as
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31302523, found a few days later scattered further down the canal

Photos edited for visibility

Photos / Sounds

What

Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)

Observer

lizardking

Date

December 24, 2019 03:35 PM EST

Description

Almost whole skeleton.
Pelvis with one side fragmented, larger side still articulated with caudal vertebrae, shoulder girdle, one wing, sternum. Then a few yards away the second wing and shoulder, cervical vertebrae, a leg and a fragment from the second leg, feathers.

Photos / Sounds

What

Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Family Anatidae)

Observer

lizardking

Date

January 18, 2020 04:00 PM EST

Description

Found by following discordant feather trail over a few square yards, so I can't be positive all feathers are from the same bird but definitely some are, especially judging by the age of the bone and feathers. Sternum is very weathered, some of the feathers have grown into a mushroom:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37720903
And feathers have been separated into other obs:
(8 and 10)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37977273
(9)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37977285
(The rest)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37977322

Photos / Sounds

What

Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Family Anatidae)

Observer

lizardking

Date

January 18, 2020 05:07 PM EST

Photos / Sounds

What

Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)

Observer

lizardking

Date

July 10, 2016 03:09 PM EDT

Description

This is the duck in my profile pic

Photos / Sounds

What

Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)

Observer

lizardking

Date

March 16, 2016 03:18 PM EDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Mallards, Pintails, and Allies (Genus Anas)

Observer

lizardking

Date

February 21, 2022 06:07 PM EST

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