Birds: different species, definitions, photos, and more

Dendrocygna autumnalis，Black-bellied Whistling-duck，Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Features：It has a long red beak and long legs, a long light gray head, and the body feathers are also mostly grayish-brown, and the belly and tail are black

The Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) has two subspecies: Black-bellied Whistling Duck and black-bellied whistling duck.Black-bellied ducks do not migrate. They range from Arizona, Louisiana and parts of Texas. In parts of the far north birds travel south in winter. Flying long d...

Dendrocygna arcuata，Wandering Whistling-duck，Wandering Whistling Duck

Features：The sides of the head, neck, and chest show a pale yellow color, forming dark patches with the color of the front chest and neck

The zebra duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) has three subspecies: Wandering Whistling Duck and Wandering Whistling Duck.Zebra ducks can feed both on the surface and under the water, and sometimes on the ground near the water to forage for grass. The food is mainly plant food such as rice, crop seedlings, g...

Dendrocygna arborea，West Indian Whistling-duck，Black-billed Wood-duck，Cuban Tree-duck，West Indian Tree-duck，West Indian Whistling Duck

Features：It's a large, upright, long-necked teal

West Indian tree duck Dendrocygna arborea) West Indian Whistling-duck, Black-billed Wood-duck, Cuban Tree-duck, West Indian Tree-duck, West The Indian Whistling Duck is a member of the Anseriformes family.The West Indian tree duck is a non-migratory bird, active at night, dusk and dawn. They can fee...

Cygnus buccinator，Trumpeter Swan

Features：It is the largest native bird in North America, and its weight and shape are the largest waterfowl living on Earth.

The black-billed Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is known as Trumpeter Swan and has no subspecies.Black-billed swans love to cluster, and often live in groups except during the breeding period, especially in winter, often showing family group activities, and sometimes dozens to hundreds of large groups of...

Blue-winged Goose，Cyanochen cyanopterus

Features：It is named after the grey blue feathers on its wings

Blue-winged geese (Cyanochen cyanopterus) are blue-winged Goose birds in the genus Cyanopterus.The range of blue-winged geese is generally high elevation grassland scrub or grassland, at an altitude of about 1800 meters. Nomadic foraging near water, feeding mainly on grasses, seeds, various aquatic...

Ruddy-headed Goose，Chloephaga rubidiceps

Features：The brown-headed grass goose is actually a kind of cock-nosed duck, not a goose goose

Chloephaga rubidiceps (Chloephaga rubidiceps), a Ruddy-headed Goose, is a bird of the anatidae order.The wild goose is often active in nearby freshwater areas and coastal lagoons, and has strong terrestrial habitat, low swimming level, and raised chest and hindquarters when entering the water. Sex a...

Ashy-headed Goose，Chloephaga poliocephala

Features：It is a stocky, male, and beautiful bird with similar plumage

Chloephaga poliocephala (Chloephaga poliocephala), a foreign language name Ashy-headed Goose, is a bird in the antheriformes family.They inhabit the southernmost lowlands of South America and winter in the northern mountains. A beech forest area of the genus fagus that occurs frequently in jungle sw...

Upland Goose，Chloephaga picta

Features：There are typical white wing spots, with slender black stripes on the abdomen

Chloephaga picta (Chloephaga picta) foreign name Upland Goose, there are two subspecies.Zebra goose (often active in nearby freshwater areas and coastal lagoons, land habitat is strong, swimming level is not high, enter the water chest and hindquarters raised. Sex alert and timid, people can not app...

Andean Goose，Chloephaga melanoptera

Features：The curvature of the wings has bone distance, which is a powerful weapon, and the anatomical characteristics are similar to those of geese, but they are not true geese

Chloephaga melanoptera (Chloephaga melanoptera), a foreign language name Andean Goose, is a bird of the Angoose order.Black-winged wild geese often live in nearby freshwater areas and coastal lagoons. They have strong terrestrial habitat, low swimming level, and raise their chest and hindquarters wh...

Chloephaga hybrida，Kelp Goose

Features：Adult males are almost entirely white, with black bills, orange legs and feet, and females have black feathers with bright white stripes

Chloephaga hybrida, Kelp Goose, has two subspecies.The white grass goose lives in a small range, extending from southern Chile, through Tierra del Fuego to the southernmost tip of Argentina, living in rocky or pebble areas on the coast, often in nearby freshwater areas and coastal lagoons, land sex...

Chenonetta jubata，Australian Wood Duck

Features：It is plump and has long legs and a stubby beak compared to other ducks

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), no subspecies.Maned forest ducks like clusters, often integrating hundreds of large groups of activities. Flying agile and powerful, wings stirring fast and loud, head straight forward, often in a straight line or 'V', line formation. Taking off on t...

Cereopsis novaehollandiae，Cape Barren Goose

Features：It is a large goose of southern Australia

The Australian grey Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) has two subspecies, Cape Barren Goose.The Australian grey goose is a distantly related goose native to Australia, foraging on land rather than in water, and is wary and difficult to approach. Most of the time on the land, rarely in the water, but...

Callonetta leucophrys，Ringed Teal

Features：There's a broad black stripe running from the top of the head to the nape of the neck

The ringnecked duck (Callonetta leucophrys), also known as Ringed Teal, is a member of the Anseriformes family.The ring-necked duck dives for food. The main food is insects and their larvae, worms, crustaceans, mollusks, small fish, frogs, tadpoles and other available freshwater and saltwater aquati...

Cairina moschata，Muscovy Duck

Features：The base of the beak and around the eyes have red or dark skin nodules, fluttering in the water, but not good at swimming in the water for a long time

The Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) has no subspecies. The body color of artificially domesticated warty rhinoconic ducks is mostly pure white, generally known as "white fan", but there are also mixed color types with black and white feathers, similar to the body color of wild warty rhinoc...

Bucephala islandica，Barrow’s Goldeneye

Features：The name comes from the namer, Sir Barrow

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized water duck.Native to North America and Iceland, it is a rare traveler bird in Europe and is closely related to the magpie duck in Europe. Usually cohabitate on a lake rich in insects as well as mollusks and crustaceans. In winter move to...

Bucephala albeola，Bufflehead

Features：It has a large head with fluffy feathers, and a body plumage that is thicker than that of a small duck

Bufflehead (scientific name: Bucephala albeola), no subspecies.White pillow Magpie ducks begin their migration in late October and early November, flying over the mountains and grasslands of the high plains, from Arizona, New Mexico and California, east to the Atlantic coast, a trans-regional distan...

Bucephala albeola，Bufflehead

Features：It has a large head with fluffy feathers, and a body plumage that is thicker than that of a small duck

Bufflehead (scientific name: Bucephala albeola), no subspecies.White pillow Magpie ducks begin their migration in late October and early November, flying over the mountains and grasslands of the high plains, from Arizona, New Mexico and California, east to the Atlantic coast, a trans-regional distan...

Branta sandvicensis，Hawaiian Goose

Features：It is related to the Canadian barnacle, a non-migratory land goose that evolved after the Canadian Barnacle migrated to Hawaii

The wild Goose (Branta sandvicensis) is known as Hawaiian Goose without subspecies.The typical wild goose is mostly distributed in the cold regions of the north and is a migratory bird, but the Hawaiian barnacle goose is an exception, staying in the tropical Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian barnacle g...

Branta canadensis，Canada Goose

Features：It is the largest anechelon species in the world

The Canadian Barnacle Goose (Branta canadensis) is known as Canada Goose. According to the American Ornithologists Union (2004), In 2014, Branta canadensis was split into B. canadensis and B. hutchinsii, with 7 and 5 subspecies, respectively.The Canadian bracken likes to live in groups and often liv...

Biziura lobata，Musk Duck

Features：The male musk duck is the largest teal in Australia. It has a strong body, dark plumage, and a wart on its beak

Musk Duck (Biziura lobata), the male musk duck is the largest teal in Australia.Musk deer usually move alone or in pairs, but form large flocks during winter migrations. The migration usually takes place at night. Musk deer ducks have long, hard tail feathers, which can sink into the water when swim...

Aythya novaeseelandiae，New Zealand Scaup

Features：A water duck that is very good at swimming and can dive to a depth of three meters

The New Zealand submerged duck (Aythya novaeseelandiae), also known as New Zealand Scaup, is the smallest of the teal species.New Zealand diving ducks are omnivorous, feeding on bulbs, leaves, buds, shoots and seeds of various aquatic plants. They also eat animal foods such as crustaceans, mollusks,...