page_title: List of birds of Kentucky
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kentucky / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: Brautentenpaar
context_page_description: This list of birds of Kentucky includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kentucky by the Kentucky Bird Records Committee of the Kentucky Ornithological Society through December 2017. Three additional species have been accepted by the KBRC but not yet added to the published list, and one more species has been documented but not yet assessed by the KBRC. Of these 391 species, 101 are classed as accidental and six were introduced to North America. Four are extinct and three have been extirpated. An additional nine species are hypothetical as defined below. Birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free, are not included.
  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.
  The following tags are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - A species on the Kentucky review list, for which the KOS requires documentation
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-three species have been recorded in Kentucky.
  Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A)
  Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  Brant, Branta bernicla (A)
  Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (H)
  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
  Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera (A)
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope (A)
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  American black duck, Anas rubripes
  Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula (A)
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  Blue-winged teal, Anas discors
  Green-winged teal, Anas crecca carolinensis
  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)
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (A)
  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 (H)
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis
caption: Wood duck
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