Waterfowl

Rosy-billed Pochard，Netta peposaca

Features：The male duck has a beautiful red shield at the base of the bill. Size and color vary with the breeding season

The pink-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) is a bird of the Anseriformes family Rose-billed Pochard.Pink-billed ducks are good at diving, obtaining food underwater, and often feeding in shallow water with their tails up and heads down. Foraging occurs at dawn and dusk. During the day, they often swim...

Southern Pochard，Netta erythrophthalma

Features：It is a deep-water bird with a round body, large head and few songs

Netta erythrophthalma (Southern Pochard) has two subspecies.Gray-billed ducks are good at diving, getting food underwater, and often feeding in shallow water with their tails up and heads down. Foraging occurs at dawn and dusk. During the day, they often swim and play in the open water, or float mot...

Orinoco Goose

Features：It has a brown-grey head and neck, the wings and wings are chestnut, and the black wings have white mirrors

Neochen jubata (Orinoco Goose) rarely swims and is clumsy when flying. More like a goose, hence the English name - Orinoco River goose.Green-winged geese are very territorial birds during the breeding season, usually nesting in tree holes and occasionally in the ground. The male goose has a higher w...

Mergus octosetaceus，Brazilian Merganser

Features：It is one of the six most threatened waterfowl in the world, with the total number of wild and artificial species estimated to be less than 250.

The Brown Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is Brazilian Merganser, without subspecies.Mergansers often live in small flocks. Solitary activity is occasionally seen during migration and in winter. When swimming, the neck is very straight, sometimes the head is submerged in the water, and frequently di...

Merganetta armata，Torrent Duck

Features：Male ducks often have intricate black and white stripes on their heads

The Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) has six subspecies.Scatter alone or in families along streams, often standing near rocks or living in currents, skillfully skimming obstacles, lowering their bodies and tails, and sometimes climbing rocks to rest. If they feel unsafe, they swim or fly short dista...

Melanitta perspicillata，Surf Scoter

Features：The bill base has large sarcoma like a feather ball, and the male duck has large patches of white feathers on the forehead and back neck

Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter, no subspecies.Each winter the seabuckard migrates to the shallow waters of the Pacific coast, from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the Baja California Peninsula. From October to March, it is often seen in the Bay of Farallon National Marine Sanctuary. Breeds in...

Malacorhynchus membranaceus，Pink-eared Duck

Features：It has a super large beak and a super short tail, with a small patch of pink spotted feathers behind the eyes

The red-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) is known as Pink-eared Duck, without subspecies.Red-eared ducks usually live in small flocks. However, in some important areas where bird activity is concentrated, they also gather in large groups, often with other species, especially the grey teal. W...

Lophodytes cucullatus，Hooded Merganser

Features：The male is quite handsome, with a reddish-brown Punk head with large white spots and well-defined black edges on the ridges of the head feathers

The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) has no subspecies.Mergansers live mainly in small lakes and ponds in eastern and central North America. The quantity is very small. There are even fewer in the West Bank. Winter migrates to the southern coastal areas of the United States.Merganser migrati...

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

Features：It has a darker bluish-grey plumage, with signature chestnut markings on the chest

The mountain blue duck has two subspecies, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos.The male's call is like a whistle, while the female's is like a saber-rattling growl. Mountain blue duck only inhabits and exists in rivers and streams, like clean water quality and good vegetation, is a unique breed of N...

Heteronetta atricapilla，Black-headed Duck

Features：It is believed to be the only pure-egg bird, as no nests have been found

The Black-headed Duck (scientific name: Heteronetta atricapilla) is a black-headed duck with no subspecies.Black-headed 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,...

Dendrocygna viduata，White-faced Whistling-duck，White-faced Duck，White-faced Whistling Duck

Features：The beak is gray, the head and feet are long, the face and crown are white, and the back pillow is black

Dendrocygna viduata (Dendrocygna viduata) is a White-faced whistling-duck, White-faced Duck, and White-faced Whistling Duck.The white-faced tree duck can feed both on the surface of the water and under the water, and sometimes on the ground near the water to forage for grass. The food is mainly plan...

Dendrocygna guttata，Spotted Whistling-duck，Spotted Whistling Duck

Features：Both sexes are similar, forming the crown, nape, neck, ryegrass color around the eyes, and grayish white head, eyebrows, and throat

Dendrocygna guttata (Dendrocygna guttata) Spotted whistling-duck, Spotted Whistling Duck, no subspecies.The fine spotted duck 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,...

Dendrocygna eytoni，Plumed Whistling Duck，Plumed Whistling-duck，Grass Whistling Duck

Features：There are oval pale yellow and black markings on both sides of the chest and abdomen curved upward, and the anal circumference and subtail are white ice cream color

Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) : Plumed Whistling duck, Plumed whistling-duck, Grass Whistling Duck, no subspecies.It 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 seedlin...

Dendrocygna bicolor，Fulvous Whistling-duck，Fulvous Duck，Fulvous Whistling Duck

Features：The size of a mallard duck, rusty brown with a white waist and cream streaks on the sides

Brown tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) Fulvous Whistling-duck, Fulvous Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, no subspecies.The tea tree duck can feed on the surface of the water, also can dive to feed under the water, and sometimes to the water to feed on the ground for grass. The food is mainly plant food s...

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...