WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
- WHISTLING SWAN (Cygnus columbianus)
  - CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis)
  - SNOW GOOSE (Chen hyperborea)
  - ROSS GOOSE (Chen rossi)
  - BLUE GOOSE (Chen caerulescens)
  - MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos)
  - BLACK DUCK (Anas rubripes)
  - MOTTLED DUCK (Anas fulvigula)
  - NEW MEXICAN DUCK (Anas diazi novimexicana)
  - GADWALL (Anas strepera)
  - PINTAIL (Anas acuta)
  - GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Anas carolinensis)
  - CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera)
  - SHOVELER (Spatula clypeata)
  - WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa)
  - HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus)
  - REDHEAD (Aythya americana)
  - CANVASBACK (Aythya valisineria)
  - GREATER SCAUP (Aythya marila)
  - LESSER SCAUP (Aythya affinis)
  - COMMON GOLDENEYE (Bucephala clangula)
  - BARROW’S GOLDENEYE (Bucephala islandica)
  - BUFFLEHEAD (Bucephala albeola)
  - FULVOUS TREE DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor helva)
  - BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis)
  - RUDDY DUCK (Oxyura jamaicensis)
  - HOODED MERGANSER (Lophodytes cucullatus)
  - COMMON MERGANSER (Mergus merganser)
  - COMMON LOON (Gavia immer)
  - HORNED GREBE (Colymbus auritus)
  - PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps)
  - WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
  - AMERICAN COOT (Fulica americana)
  - KING RAIL (Rallus elegans)
  - CLAPPER RAIL (Rallus longirostris)
  - VIRGINIA RAIL (Rallus limicola)
  - SORA (Porzana Carolina)

WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

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Acknowledgments

The Central Flyway Council wishes to thank the Atlantic Flyway Council for making available the illustrations and most of the text of this booklet.

The Council also wishes to thank the many persons who assisted in preparation of this publication, particularly the Vermont Fish and Game Commission and Alan R. Munro, the artist.

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WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE