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Category: Waterfowl
Domestic Duck
A domesticated descendant of the Mallard, bred in many colors for meat, eggs and pets.
Call Duck
A small ornamental duck with a compact body and loud call, now a popular pet duck.
Domestic Goose
A large domesticated waterfowl from the Greylag and Swan Goose, for meat, eggs, feathers and yard guarding.
Mandarin Duck
A strikingly colorful duck with elaborate orange sails in males, symbol of love in East Asia.
Mallard
The ancestor of most domestic ducks, males with glossy green head and yellow bill.
Chinese Spot-billed Duck
A brown duck with a yellow-tipped black bill, common on East Asian ponds.
Ruddy Shelduck
A striking orange-brown duck with a pale head, found on lakes and rivers.
Northern Pintail
A slim elegant duck with a long pointed tail and slender neck.
Eurasian Teal
A small dabbling duck, males with a green eye patch, in large winter flocks.
Northern Shoveler
A duck with a huge spatulate bill for filtering water, males with green head.
Mute Swan
A large white swan with an orange bill and black knob, elegant on lakes.
Whooper Swan
A large white swan with a yellow-and-black bill, migratory in northern wetlands.
Tundra Swan
A white swan of the Arctic tundra with a small black-and-yellow bill.
Black Swan
An all-black swan with a red bill and white flight feathers, native to Australia.
Swan Goose
A large gray-brown goose with an orange bill and dark stripe, ancestor of some domestic geese.
Greylag Goose
A gray-brown goose, ancestor of most European domestic geese.
Canada Goose
A large goose with a black head and neck and white cheek patch, adaptable and widespread.
Snow Goose
A white goose with black wing tips, nesting in vast Arctic colonies.
Muscovy Duck
A large duck with a bare red facial caruncle, farmed worldwide for meat.
Common Merganser
A large saw-billed duck that dives for fish, males with a dark green head.
Greater White-fronted Goose
A gray-brown goose with a white face patch and dark belly bars.
