Texas Waterfowl Identification Guide

About this eBook

Author

Central Flyway Council

Title

Waterfowl Identification Guide

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Birds -- Texas

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54487

Release Date

April 5, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WATERFOWL IDENTIFICATION GUIDE — COUNCIL MEMBERS — Acknowledgments
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.FOREWORD — Identification — Individual Problems — Nonhunting Enjoyments — Research and Management — Flyway Council Approach — Your Responsibility — PARTS OF A DUCK — WHISTLING SWAN (Cygnus columbianus) — CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) — SNOW GOOSE (Chen hyperborea) — ROSS GOOSE (Chen rossi) — WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons) — BLUE GOOSE (Chen caerulescens) — PUDDLE OR DABBLING DUCK CHARACTERISTICS (Anatinae) — MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos) — BLACK DUCK (Anas rubripes) — MOTTLED DUCK (Anas fulvigula) — NEW MEXICAN DUCK (Anas diazi novimexicana) — GADWALL (Anas strepera) — PINTAIL (Anas acuta) — GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Anas carolinensis) — BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Anas discors) — CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera) — AMERICAN WIDGEON (Baldpate) (Mareca americana) — SHOVELER (Spatula clypeata) — WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa) — HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus) — DIVING DUCK CHARACTERISTICS (Aythyinae) — REDHEAD (Aythya americana) — RING-NECKED DUCK (Aythya collaris) — CANVASBACK (Aythya valisineria) — GREATER SCAUP (Aythya marila) — LESSER SCAUP (Aythya affinis) — COMMON GOLDENEYE (Bucephala clangula) — BARROW’S GOLDENEYE (Bucephala islandica) — BUFFLEHEAD (Bucephala albeola) — WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Melanitta deglandi) — FULVOUS TREE DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor helva) — BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis) — RUDDY DUCK (Oxyura jamaicensis) — HOODED MERGANSER (Lophodytes cucullatus) — COMMON MERGANSER (Mergus merganser) — DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax auritus) — COMMON LOON (Gavia immer) — HORNED GREBE (Colymbus auritus) — PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps) — WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis) — AMERICAN COOT (Fulica americana) — KING RAIL (Rallus elegans) — CLAPPER RAIL (Rallus longirostris) — VIRGINIA RAIL (Rallus limicola) — SORA (Porzana Carolina) — COMMON SNIPE (JACKSNIPE) (Capella gallinago) — AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Philohela minor)
4. 4.WATERFOWLER’S CODE
5. 5.Transcriber’s Notes

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