Scientific name | Common name | (B)reeding (M)igrating (W)intering (P)elagic | % of Total Mid-Winter Atlantic Flyway Population |
ANSERIFORMES (Waterfowl): | |||
Cygnini (Swans): | |||
Cygnus columbianus | tundra swan | M/W |
1% |
Anserini (Geese): | |||
Branta canadensis | Canada goose | B/M/W |
8% |
Branta bernicla | brant | M/W |
77% |
Chen caerulescens | snow goose | M/W |
9% |
Cairinini (Muscovy Ducks and Allies): | |||
Aix sponsa | wood duck | B/M/W? |
<1% |
Anatini (Dabbling ducks): | |||
Anas acuta | northern pintail | M/W |
3% |
Anas americana | American wigeon | B/W |
7% |
Anas clypeata | northern shoveler | B/M/W |
4% |
Anas crecca | green-winged teal | B/M/W |
3% |
Anas discors | blue-winged teal | B/M |
0% |
Anas platyrhynchos | mallard | B/M/W |
12% |
Anas rubripes | American black duck | B/M/W |
33% |
Anas strepera | gadwall | B/M/W |
3% |
Aythyini (Diving Ducks): | |||
Aythya valisineria | canvasback | M/W |
14% |
Aythya americana | redhead | B/M/W |
<1% |
Aythya collaris | ring-necked duck | M/W |
<1% |
Aythya marila | greater scaup | M/W |
18%* |
Aythya affinis | lesser scaup | M/W |
18%* |
Mergini (Eiders, Scoters, Mergansers and Allies): | |||
Bucephala clangula | common goldeneye | M/W |
8% |
Bucephala albeola | bufflehead | M/W |
26% |
Clangula hyemalis | oldsquaw | M/W |
16% |
Histrionicus histrionicus | harlequin duck | W |
<1% |
Lophodytes cucullatus | hooded merganser | M/W |
13%* |
Melanitta nigra | black scoter | W/P |
10%* |
Melanitta fusca | white-winged scoter | W/P |
10%* |
Melanitta perspicillata | surf scoter | W/P |
10%* |
Mergus merganser | common merganser | B/W |
13%* |
Mergus serrator | red-breasted merganser | M/W |
13%* |
Somateria mollissima | common eider | W/P |
<1% |
Somateria spectabilis | king eider | W/P |
<1% |
Oxyurini (Stifftails): | |||
Oxyura jamaicensis | ruddy duck | B/W |
2% |
GRUIFORMES (Rails, Cranes and Allies): | |||
Fulica americana | American coot | B/W |
<1% |
Percentages based on ten-year average mid-winter aerial surveys 1983-1992 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1973-95) | |||
* Greater and lesser scaup; hooded, common, and red-breasted mergansers; and black, white-winged, and surf scoters | |||
are grouped in aerial survey counts |
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