page_title: List of birds of California
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of California / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: English: Female American Wigeon (Anas americana), Humber Bay Park (East), Toronto, Canada. Français&#160;: Canard d'Amérique (Anas americana) femelle, Humber Bay Park, Toronto, Canada. Italiano: Femmina di Fischione Americano (Anas americana), Humber Bay Park, Toronto, Canada Português: Fêmea de piadeira-americana (Anas americana). Українська: Самиця свища американського (Anas americana) в парку Гамбер Бей Парк Іст, Торонто, Канада.
context_page_description: This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee.
  As of June 30, 2020, there are 676 species on the CBRC list. Two of these species are endemic, 13 were introduced by humans, one species has been extirpated, and one was extirpated in the wild but its reintroduction is in progress. Five additional species have been documented but "the CBRC could not reach a consensus as to whether records of these species involved true naturally occurring vagrants or escapes from captivity." One additional species has been added from eBird as a result of the 2020 taxonomic revisions to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds; it is marked as a review species.
  The following tags note species in each of those categories and one additional category:
  Endemic to California
  (I) Introduced but now established in California
  Extirpated from California
  Reintroduction in progress - not yet established
  California Bird Records Committee Review Species
  Of unknown origin
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.
  Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (*)
  Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (*)
  Emperor goose, Anser canagica (*)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (*)
  Brant, Branta bernicla
  Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii
  Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
  Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (*)
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (*)
  Garganey, Spatula querquedula (*)
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Falcated duck, Mareca falcata (*)
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  Mexican duck, Anas diazi (*)
  American black duck, Anas rubripes (*)
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
  Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  Redhead, Aythya americana
  Common pochard, Aythya ferina (*)
  Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
  Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
  Greater scaup, Aythya marila
  Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
  Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri (*)
  King eider, Somateria spectabilis (*)
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima (*)
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
  Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi
  Common scoter, Melanitta nigra (*)
  Black scoter, Melanitta americana
  Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
  Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
  Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
  Smew, Mergellus albellus (*)
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
caption: American wigeon
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