Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Africa-Inland Waters [1] America, North - Inland waters [2] America, South - Inland waters [3] Asia - Inland waters [4] Europe - Inland waters [5] Oceania - Inland waters [6] Former USSR - Inland waters [7] Antarctica - Inland waters [8] Arctic Ocean [18] Atlantic, Northwest [21] Atlantic, Northeast [27] Atlantic, Western Central [31] Atlantic, Eastern Central [34] Mediterranean and Black Sea [37] Atlantic, Southwest [41] Atlantic, Southeast [47] Atlantic, Antarctic [48] Indian Ocean, Western [51] Indian Ocean, Eastern [57] Indian Ocean, Antarctic [58] Pacific, Northwest [61] Pacific, Northeast [67] Pacific, Western Central [71] Pacific, Eastern Central [77] Pacific, Southwest [81] Pacific, Southeast [87] Pacific, Antarctic [88] All areas (World total) [99]
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Anas crecca Eurasian teal
Pacific, Indian, Atlantic
38 TL
Anas eatoni Antarctic Indian Ocean
Anas penelope Eurasian wigeon
Northeast Atlantic and We
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Anser anser Greylag goose
Indo-West Pacific, Easter
Anser brachyrhynchus Northeast Atlantic.
Anser erythropus Western Indian Ocean
Anser fabalis Northeast Atlantic, North
Aythya marila Greater scaup
Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Aythya nyroca Western Indian Ocean
Branta bernicla Brant
Northern Atlantic, Northe
Branta ruficollis Arctic
Bucephala albeola Bufflehead
Western Atlantic and Nor
39 TL
Bucephala clangula Common goldeneye
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
49 TL
Bucephala islandica Barrow's goldeneye
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed duck
Pacific Ocean and Norther
51 TL
Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin duck
Northeast Pacific, Northe
46 TL
Melanitta americana American scoter
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Melanitta deglandi White-winged scoter
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Melanitta fusca Velvet scoter
Inland Asia, the Mediterr
59 TL
Melanitta nigra Black scoter
Arctic and Eastern Atlant
Melanitta perspicillata Surf scoter
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
54 TL
Mergus merganser Common merganser
Northern Pacific, Norther
Mergus serrator Red-breasted merganser
Arctic, Northern Pacific
Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard
Asia
Polysticta stelleri Steller's eider
Northern Pacific, Northea
Somateria fischeri Spectacled eider
Arctic
Somateria mollissima Common eider
Northern Pacific, Norther
Somateria spectabilis King eider
Northeast Pacific, Northe
Tachyeres brachypterus Falkland steamerduck
Southwest Atlantic
Tachyeres leucocephalus Chubut steamerduck
Endemic to the southern c
Tachyeres patachonicus Flying steamerduck
Southeast Pacific and Sou
Tachyeres pteneres Flightless steamerduck
Southwest Atlantic and So