page_title: List of birds of Alberta
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Alberta / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
context_page_description: This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian province of Alberta. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of Bird Checklists of the World as of January 2020. Of the 437 species on the list, 131 are accidental and eight were introduced to North America. One species is extinct and another probably is.
  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 Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Alberta
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to Alberta by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly
context_section_description: Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae
  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.
  Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (A)
  Brant, Branta bernicla (A)
  Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
  Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I)
  Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A)
  Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A)
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  American black duck, Anas rubripes (A)
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  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 (A)
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima (A)
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
  Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi
  Black scoter, Melanitta americana (A)
  Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
  Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
  Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
caption: Barrow's goldeneye
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