page_title: List of birds of British Columbia
section_title: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of British Columbia / Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
caption_attribution_description: Branta canadensis English: A Canada Goose flying near Oceanville, New Jersey, USA.
context_page_description: This list of birds of British Columbia includes species documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of January 2020, there are 588 species included in this list. Of them, 227 are rare or accidental and 17 have been introduced to British Columbia or elsewhere in North America. Five species have been extirpated and one is extinct. Thirty-nine species have only sight records or are classed as hypothetical. An additional species of questionable origin is also 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 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 seldom recorded in British Columbia
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to British Columbia 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) LC
  Emperor goose, Anser canagica (A) NT
  Snow goose, Anser caerulescens LC
  Ross's goose, Anser rossii LC
  Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons LC
  Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A) LC
  Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (A) (OU) LC
  Brant, Branta bernicla LC
  Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii LC
  Canada goose, Branta canadensis LC
  Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I) LC
  Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator LC
  Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus LC
  Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (A) (OU) LC
  Wood duck, Aix sponsa LC
  Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A) LC
  Garganey, Spatula querquedula (A) LC
  Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors LC
  Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera LC
  Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata LC
  Gadwall, Mareca strepera LC
  Falcated duck, Mareca falcata (A) NT
  Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope LC
  American wigeon, Mareca americana LC
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos LC
  American black duck, Anas rubripes (I) (A) LC
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta LC
  Green-winged teal, Anas crecca LC
  Canvasback, Aythya valisineria LC
  Redhead, Aythya americana LC
  Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris LC
  Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (A) LC
  Greater scaup, Aythya marila LC
  Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis LC
  Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri (A) VU
  Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri (A) NT
  King eider, Somateria spectabilis (A) LC
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima (A) NT
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus LC
  Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata LC
  White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi EN
  Black scoter, Melanitta nigra NT
  Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis VU
  Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola LC
  Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula LC
  Smew, Mergellus albellus (A) LC
  Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica LC
  Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus LC
  Common merganser, Mergus merganser LC
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator LC
  Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis LC
caption: Canada goose
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