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Swimming Waterbirds

The Swimming Waterbirds are those primarily web-footed birds most-frequently observed swimming. Oh, most are strong fliers, but they search for food while swimming and spend a great amount of time swimming and sometimes diving under the water.


Included families: geese, swans, ducks, grebes, coot, alcids, loons, cormorants.
Greater White-fronted Goose
:: Greater White-fronted Goose :: 		Snow Goose
:: Snow Goose :: 		Ross's Goose
:: Ross's Goose :: 		Brant
:: Brant ::
Cackling Goose
:: Cackling Goose :: 		Canada Goose
:: Canada Goose :: 		Wood Duck
:: Wood Duck :: 		Gadwall
:: Gadwall ::
Eurasian Wigeon
:: Eurasian Wigeon :: 		American Wigeon
:: American Wigeon :: 		Mallard
:: Mallard :: 		Blue-winged Teal
:: Blue-winged Teal ::
Cinnamon Teal
:: Cinnamon Teal :: 		Northern Shoveler
:: Northern Shoveler :: 		Northern Pintail
:: Northern Pintail :: 		Green-winged Teal
:: Green-winged Teal ::
Canvasback
:: Canvasback :: 		Redhead
:: Redhead :: 		Ring-necked Duck
:: Ring-necked Duck :: 		Greater Scaup
:: Greater Scaup ::
Lesser Scaup
:: Lesser Scaup :: 		Surf Scoter
:: Surf Scoter :: 		Black Scoter
:: Black Scoter :: 		Bufflehead
:: Bufflehead ::
Common Goldeneye
:: Common Goldeneye :: 		Hooded Merganser
:: Hooded Merganser :: 		Common Merganser
:: Common Merganser :: 		Red-breasted Merganser
:: Red-breasted Merganser ::
Ruddy Duck
:: Ruddy Duck :: 		Pied-billed Grebe
:: Pied-billed Grebe :: 		Horned Grebe
:: Horned Grebe :: 		Red-necked Grebe
:: Red-necked Grebe ::
Eared Grebe
:: Eared Grebe :: 		Western Grebe
:: Western Grebe :: 		Clark's Grebe
:: Clark's Grebe :: 		Common Gallinule
:: Common Gallinule ::
American Coot
:: American Coot :: 		Common Murre
:: Common Murre :: 		Marbled Murrelet
:: Marbled Murrelet :: 		Scripps's Murrelet
:: Scripps's Murrelet ::
Guadalupe Murrelet
:: Guadalupe Murrelet :: 		Craveri's Murrelet
:: Craveri's Murrelet :: 		Ancient Murrelet
:: Ancient Murrelet :: 		Cassin's Auklet
:: Cassin's Auklet ::
Rhinoceros Auklet
:: Rhinoceros Auklet :: 		Red-throated Loon
:: Red-throated Loon :: 		Pacific Loon
:: Pacific Loon :: 		Common Loon
:: Common Loon ::
Brandt's Cormorant
:: Brandt's Cormorant :: 		Double-crested Cormorant
:: Double-crested Cormorant :: 		Pelagic Cormorant
:: Pelagic Cormorant ::

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