page_title: List of birds of Maine
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Maine / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: English: American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) in flight.
context_page_description: This list of birds of Maine is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in the U.S. state of Maine. This list is published by the Maine Bird Records Committee and is dated March 2020.
  This list contains 464 documented species, of which 136 are rare or accidental, five have been introduced and are established, and three are extinct. Two more species were introduced but are now extirpated, two species were introduced but have not become established, and an additional nine species are hypothetical as defined below. These 13 are not included in the 464 documented species.
  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 Maine as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags are used to designate some species:
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 Maine.
  Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (R)
  Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (R)
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii (R)
  Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (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 (R)
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (R)
  Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (R)
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa
  Garganey, Spatula querquedula (R)
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
  Northern pintail, Spatula acuta
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
  American wigeon, Mareca americana
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  American black duck, Anas rubripes
  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
  Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri (R)
  King eider, Somateria spectabilis
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
  Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E) (H)
  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: American black duck
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