Birds of North America

Waterfowl

Anatidae & Podicipedidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Waterfowl

Waterfowl includes swans, geese, ducks, teals and mergansers. All these birds have webbed feet. Also, included are the grebes, which have lobed feet. There are over sixty species in the waterfowl group.

There are three types of swans living in North America. These are the largest waterfowl on the continent. Not included in the above mentioned, is the Black Swan, an exotic bird sometimes seen in a local city parks or waterways.

The goose is the the second largest bird found in North America. There are at least seven types of geese native to the continent. There are at least two farm geese that were introduced, the Graylag Goose and the Swan Goose, sometimes known as the Chinese Goose. The Bar-headed Goose is an exotic bird seen around cities and another two vagrants species from Eurasia.

There are at least thirty-six types of ducks, that are native or have been introduced and settled in North America. Some of these birds remain in local states, and do not migrate, although they do slowly expand into adjacent regions. While other ducks fly into the northern regions of Canada and Alaska every spring to nest, and return to the southern States and into Mexico every winter.

The mergansers are the smallest group with only three types and lastly, the grebes, which are the smallest birds in the waterfowl group. There are seven types of grebes in North America.


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