page_title: List of birds of New Hampshire
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of New Hampshire / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: Common Eider duck Somateria mollissima at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in February 2005 and released to the public domain.
context_page_description: This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by the New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee of New Hampshire Audubon. As of April 2010, the list contained 398 species. Of them, 110 are on the review list and five have been introduced to North America. Three are extinct and three have been extirpated. To this list are added 11 hypothetical species, and 18 species with eBird records since the official list was published through June 2020. These 29 species are also tagged. A few species whose only records are almost surely of escaped or released birds are not included 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, the species listed below are considered to occur regularly in New Hampshire 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-four species have been recorded in New Hampshire.
  Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (R)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii (R)
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (R) (at subspecies level only)
  Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (R)
  Brant, Branta bernicla
  Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (R)
  Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (R)
  Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I)
  Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator (Ex)
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (R)
  Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (R) (possibly escaped birds)
  Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (R) (thought to be of natural origin)
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (R) (away from Great Bay)
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  American black duck, Anas rubripes
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
  Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  Redhead, Aythya americana
  Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
  Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (R)
  Greater scaup, Aythya marila
  Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
  King eider, Somateria spectabilis
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
  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
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
caption: Common eider
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