Order Anseriformes
Taxon ID: 25864
Summary
Maryland Biodiversity Project has documented 67 taxa in Order Anseriformes spanning 1 family, and 22 genera.
Records
MBP has 28,586 records spanning all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City.

























Direct Child Taxa (1)
Taxonomic Leaves (45)
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
- Brant (Branta bernicla)
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Redhead (Aythya americana)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
- Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Additional taxa
- Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid) (Hybrid Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis)
- Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid) (Chen caerulescens x rossii)
- Snow Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid) (Hybrid Chen caerulescens x Branta canadensis)
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Hybrid Aix sponsa x Anas platyrhynchos)
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
- Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) (Mareca penelope x americana)
- Northern Shoveler x Blue-winged Teal (hybrid) (Anas clypeata x discors)
- Common Teal (Anas crecca crecca/nimia)
- American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas acuta x platyrhynchos)
- Mallard x American Wigeon (hybrid) (Hybrid Anas platyrhynchos x Mareca americana)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
- Mallard x Gadwall (hybrid) (Hybrid Anas platyrhynchos x Mareca strepera)
- Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid) (Aythya valisineria x americana)
- Canvasback x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid) (Aythya valisineria x collaris)
- Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid) (Aythya collaris x affinis)
- Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (hybrid) (Aythya collaris x fuligula)
- Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid) (Bucephala albeola x clangula)
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