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Kingdom - Animals -
Animalia
Phylum - Vertebrates -
Craniata
Class - Birds -
Aves
Order - Ducks / Geese -
Anseriformes
Family - Swans / Geese / Ducks -
Anatidae
Species
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Other Names:
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Other Names:
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Other Names:
Potential Species of Concern
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
Other Names:
Accidental Species
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Other Names:
Brant
Branta bernicla
Other Names:
Accidental Species
Information on this Species is incomplete...
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Other Names:
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
Other Names:
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Other Names:
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
Other Names:
Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera
Other Names:
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
Other Names:
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Other Names:
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
Other Names:
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Other Names:
Garganey
Anas querquedula
Other Names:
Accidental Species
Information on this Species is incomplete...
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Other Names:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Other Names:
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Other Names:
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
Anas crecca crecca
Other Names:
Exotic Species
(not native to Montana)
Information on this Species is incomplete...
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Other Names:
Species of Concern
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Other Names:
Potential Species of Concern
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Other Names:
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Other Names: Oldsquaw
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Other Names:
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Other Names:
Exotic Species
(not native to Montana)
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Other Names:
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Other Names:
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Other Names:
Redhead
Aythya americana
Other Names:
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Other Names:
Ross's Goose
Chen rossii
Other Names:
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Other Names:
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Other Names:
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
Other Names:
Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator
Other Names:
Species of Concern
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Other Names:
Accidental Species
Information on this Species is incomplete...
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Other Names:
White-winged Scoter
Melanitta fusca
Other Names:
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Other Names:
Additional Sources of Information Related to "Birds"
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BIRDNET
Birds in a Sagebrush Sea - Managing Sagebrush Habitats for Bird Communities
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
eBird
Feather Atlas (Flight Feathers of North American Birds)
MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)
MOB (Montana's Bird Observation List Serve)
Montana Audubon
Montana Bird Checklist
Montana Bird Conservation Partnership and Montana Partners in Flight
Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Natural Heritage Tracker (Statewide Database of Animal Observations)
North American Breeding Bird Survey
Owl Research Institute
Royal Alberta Museum Bird Egg Exhibition
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Wing Image Collection at Slater Museum of Natural History
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