Duck Swan Goose

Duck as commonly called is a family of several species in their family including swans, teal, pochards, geese etc. Ducks are medium sized aquatic birds, except swans and geese who are relatively bigger in size. All may be found in fresh water and sometimes in sea water as well.

Names in this category as a family [ Duck, Gadwall, Garganey, Goldeneye, Goose, Grebe, Mallard, Merganser, Pintail, Pochard, Shoveler, Swan, Teal and Wigeon ]

Ducks feed on variety of food sources such as aquatic plants, fish, water insects, small frogs, small amphibians etc. Their feet is designed to swim and feathers to resist wetting, their flat beaks helps them in mud probing and weeding jobs. All can fly long distances and infact bar headed Goose are among high altitude flyers.

Most are migratory except for few such as Spot billed Duck and Whistling Duck; they migrate in both seasons and travel long distances.

SlNoBird NamePreviewFamily NameRecord Location and Status
202Lesser whistling Duck DuckBharatpur
207Spot billed Duck DuckEntire North India
349Bar headed Goose GooseBharatpur, Sultanpur
351Cotton Pygmy Goose GooseBharatpur
353Greylag Goose GooseBharatpur, Sultanpur
356Snow Goose GooseAs pet in Bharatpur
365Great Crested Grebe GrebeSultanpur Fields
367Little Grebe GrebeBharatpur
539Mallard MallardEntire North India
732Northern Pintail PintailBharatpur, Okhla
765Common Pochard PochardSultanpur Fields
766Ferruginous Pochard PochardSultanpur Fields
767Red crested Pochard PochardBharatpur
880Ruddy Shelduck ShelduckRanthombhor
999Mute Swan SwanSwiss
1019Common Teal TealBharatpur, Okhla, Sultanpur
1230Eurasian Wigeon WigeonSultanpur Wetlands

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