#watefowl

I can definitely provide some fancy looking fowl friends for you!

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), drakes (males), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, North Slope of Alaska

photograph by Grace Scalzo

Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Kruger National Park, South Africa

photograph by Brian Radford

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), drake (male), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, NC, USA

photograph by Michael Fogleman

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, FL, USA

photograph by Kristen Grace

Smew (Mergellus albellus), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Mooka-Igashira Park, Moka, Tochigi, Japan

photo by anonymous photographer on eBird 

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), males, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, OR, USA

photograph by Keith Kohl, ODFW

Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata), L - female and R - male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Chile

As the name suggests, these ducks live in fast flowing rivers, in western South America, from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego.

photograph by Eduardo Minte Hess eMinte | Flickr

Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in Russia and East Asia

photograph by Gary Kramer

Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Gifu, Japan

photograph by John Williams

Scaly-sided Merganser or Chinese Merganser (Mergus squamatus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in Manchuria and extreme Southeast Siberia

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My ‘’fearless’’ duck hunting bubby

American Black Duck Anas rubripes