Waterfowl Identification Guide

by Central Flyway Council

WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

Published by
The Central Flyway Council

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Colorado Kansas Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Wyoming

Acknowledgments

The Central Flyway Council wishes to thank the Atlantic Flyway Council for making available the illustrations and most of the text of this booklet.

The Council also wishes to thank the many persons who assisted in preparation of this publication, particularly the Vermont Fish and Game Commission and Alan R. Munro, the artist.

PRINTED IN U.S.A.
BY THE LANE PRESS. INC. · BURLINGTON, VERMONT

CONTENTS

[Council Members] 1 [Acknowledgements] 2 [Foreword] 5 [Identification] 6 [Individual Problems] 7 [Nonhunting Enjoyments] 8 [Research and Management] 8 [Flyway Council Approach] 9 [Your Responsibility] 10 [Parts of a Duck] 11 [Whistling Swan] 12 [Canada Goose] 13 [Snow Goose] 14 [Ross Goose] 15 [White-Fronted Goose] 16 [Blue Goose] 17 [Puddle or Dabbling Duck Characteristics] 18 [Mallard] 19 [Black Duck] 20 [Mottled Duck] 21 [New Mexico Duck] 22 [Gadwall] 23 [Pintail] 24 [Green-Winged Teal] 25 [Blue-Winged Teal] 26 [Cinnamon Teal] 27 [American Widgeon] 28 [Shoveler] 29 [Wood Duck] 30 [Harlequin Duck] 31 [Diving Duck Characteristics] 32 [Redhead] 33 [Ring-Necked Duck] 34 [Canvasback] 35 [Greater Scaup] 36 [Lesser Scaup] 37 [Common Goldeneye] 38 [Barrow’s Goldeneye] 39 [Bufflehead] 40 [White-Winged Scoter] 41 [Fulvous Tree Duck] 42 [Black-Bellied Tree Duck] 43 [Ruddy Duck] 44 [Hooded Merganser] 45 [Common Merganser] 46 [Double-Crested Cormorant] 47 [Common Loon] 48 [Horned Grebe] 49 [Pied-Billed Grebe] 49 [Western Grebe] 50 [American Coot] 51 [King Rail] 52 [Clapper Rail] 52 [Virginia Rail] 53 [Sora] 53 [Common Snipe (Jacksnipe)] 54 [Waterfowler’s Code] 55