Order: Anseriformes Family: Anhimidae
The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. There are three species worldwide, one of which occurred in Trinidad and Tobago.
Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta (Ex) LC
Ducks, geese and swans
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
American black duck, Anas rubripes LC
American wigeon, Anas americana LC
Baikal teal, Anas formosa (A) LC
Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (C) LC
Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica LC
Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A) LC (without A. serrirostris)
Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (A) (A. fabalis: LC)
Black scoter, Melanitta americana NT
Black-bellied whistling duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis LC
Blue-winged teal, Anas discors LC
Brant, Branta bernicla LC
Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola LC
Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii LC
Canada goose, Branta canadensis LC
Canvasback, Aythya valisineria LC
Cinnamon teal, Anas cyanoptera LC
Comb duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos LC
Common eider, Somateria mollissima LC
Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula LC
Common merganser, Mergus merganser LC
Common pochard, Aythya ferina (A) LC
Emperor goose, Chen canagica NT
Eurasian wigeon, Anas penelope (C) LC
Falcated duck, Anas falcata (A) NT
Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca (A) NT
Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor LC
Gadwall, Anas strepera LC
Garganey, Anas querquedula (A) LC
Graylag goose, Anser anser (A) LC
Greater scaup, Aythya marila LC
Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons LC
Green-winged teal, Anas crecca LC
Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus LC
Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus LC
King eider, Somateria spectabilis LC
Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (E) EX
Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis LC
Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (A) VU
Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis VU
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos LC
Masked duck, Nomonyx dominicus LC
Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula LC
Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata LC
Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I) LC
Northern pintail, Anas acuta LC
Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata LC
Orinoco goose, Neochen jubata (A) NT
Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C) LC
Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator LC
Redhead, Aythya americana LC
Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris LC
Ross's goose, Chen rossii LC
Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis LC
Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (A) LC
Smew, Mergellus albellus (A) LC
Snow goose, Chen caerulescens LC
Southern pochard, Netta erythrophthalma (A) LC
Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri LC T
Spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha (A) LC (only eastern spot-billed duck, Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha)
Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri VU T
Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata LC
Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator LC
Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus LC
Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula LC
West Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna arborea VU
White-cheeked pintail, Anas bahamensis LC
White-faced whistling duck, Dendrocygna viduata LC
White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi LC
Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus LC
Wood duck, Aix sponsa LC
