Abbreviations and map key
Species accounts
Tree ducks (Whistling-ducks): Black-bellied whistling-duck
Fulvous whistling-duck
Geese: Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose
Ross's goose
Canada goose and Cackling goose
Brant
Swans: Trumpeter swan
Tundra swan
Perching ducks: Muscovy duck
Wood duck
Dabbling ducks: Gadwall
Eurasian wigeon
American wigeon
American black duck
Mallard
Mexican duck
Mottled duck
Blue-winged teal
Cinnamon teal
Northern shoveler
White-cheeked pintail
Northern pintail
Garganey
Green-winged teal
Diving ducks: Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked duck
Greater scaup
Lesser scaup
Sea ducks: Common eider
King eider
Harlequin duck
Surf scoter
White-winged scoter
Black scoter
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
Common goldeneye
Barrow's goldeneye
Hooded merganser
Common merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Stiff-tailed ducks: Masked duck
Ruddy duck
Scientific names of animals and plants occurring in the text.