page_title: List of birds of Virginia
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Virginia / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: English: Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
context_page_description: This list of birds of Virginia includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Virginia by the Virginia Avian Records Committee of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. As of October 2019 the list contained 474 species and three species pairs. Of them, 92 are considered accidental and 89 are considered rare. Seven species were introduced to North America, one is extinct, and one has been extirpated. Four additional species, now extinct, are believed to have occurred in Virginia, but there is insufficient evidence to include them in the main list. The published list includes identifiable subspecies which are not presented here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Virginia as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.
context_section_description: Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae
  The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Forty-seven species have been recorded in Virginia.
  Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (R)
  West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea (A)
  Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (R)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii (R)
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  Brant, Branta bernicla
  Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (R)
  Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
  Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I)
  Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator (A)
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A)
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera (A)
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (R)
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  American black duck, Anas rubripes
  White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis (A)
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis (A)
  Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
  Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  Redhead, Aythya americana
  Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
  Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (A)
  Greater scaup, Aythya marila
  Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
  King eider, Somateria spectabilis (R)
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima (R)
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (R)
  Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi
  Black scoter, Melanitta americana
  Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
  Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
  Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (A)
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
caption: Northern shoveler
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