Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, & Swans

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Bean Goose Anser fabalis (2) American Black Duck Anas rubripes (3) Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (3) Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha (2) King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Emperor Goose Chen canagica Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (2) Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Ross’s Goose Chen rossii (2) Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Brant Branta bernicla Northern Pintail Anas acuta White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Garganey Anas querquedula (2) Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Baikal Teal Anas formosa (2) Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Canvasback Aythya valisineria Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (1) Redhead Aythya americana Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Wood Duck Aix sponsa (2) Common Pochard Aythya ferina (2)
Smew Mergellus albellus (1)
Gadwall Anas strepera Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Falcated Duck Anas falcata (2) Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (1) Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Greater Scaup Aythya marila Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
American Wigeon Anas americana Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (2)

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Last updated: September 5, 2007