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Description
Flashcards by Allyson Thompson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Allyson Thompson
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Class: Aves | (birds) |
| Order: Anseriformes | (waterfowl & relatives) |
| Family: Anatidae | (swans, ducks, geese) |
| Tribe: Cygnini | swans |
| Mute Swan | orange bill with black base |
| Trumpeter Swan | black bill, culmen straight |
| Tundra Swan | black bill with yellow spot at base |
| Tribe: Anserini | (geese) |
| Canada Goose | inland nesting southern |
| Cackling Goose | nest in tundra farther north |
| Snow Goose - White Morph | |
| Snow Goose - Blue Morph | *** |
| Ross's Goose - Blue Morph | ***** |
| Ross's Goose - White Morph | |
| Brant | |
| Greater White-Fronted Goose | |
| Tribe: Dendrocygnini | (whistling ducks) |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | |
| Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck | |
| Tribe: Anatini | (dabbling ducks) |
| American Black Duck | purple speculum without white borders |
| Mottled Duck | blue-green speculum with white bar along trailing edge |
| Gadwall | need female |
| Mallard | a |
| Northern Pintail | a |
| American Wigeon | a |
| Wood Duck | a |
| Northern Shoveler | large spatulate bill |
| Blue-Winged Teal | need female |
| Green-Winged Teal | male - rust colored head; iridescent green face patch through eye to back of head |
| Cinnamon Teal | need female |
| Tribe: Aythyini | (bay/diving ducks) |
| Canvasback | a |
| Redhead | need female |
| Ring-necked Duck | a |
| Greater Scaup | general - rounded crown |
| Lesser Scaup | general - peaked crown male - glossy purplish head |
| Tribe: Oxyurini | (stiff-tailed ducks) |
| Ruddy Duck | need female |
| Tribe: Mergini | (sea ducks) |
| White-Winged Scoter | |
| Surf Scoter | |
| Black Scoter | |
| Long-Tailed Duck | |
| Harlequin Duck | |
| Common Eider | |
| Bufflehead | |
| Common Goldeneye | |
| Hooded Merganser | |
| Common Merganser | |
| Red-Breasted Merganser |
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