Skip to content

Identify a bird

Field guide

All birds A–Z638 species with photos and facts
Birds in 3DNewTurn them, and see them life-size
FamiliesOwls, finches, hawks and eagles…
State birdsOne for every US state
RecordsBiggest, fastest, longest-lived

Popular families

Ducks, geese and swans
Hawks and eagles
Owls
Woodpeckers
Finches

Tell them apartKestrel or Sparrowhawk? Watch how it huntsOur most-read comparison this month

Read

All articles574 guides and answers
Tell them apartLook-alikes, side by side
Male, female and youngHow to tell them apart
What birds eatDiet guides, bird by bird
Collective nounsA parliament, a murmuration…
Bird factsA new fact every day

Reference

Bird behaviour
Anatomy and physiology
All reference guides

Most readWhy is a group of ravens called an unkindness?The story behind the name

Birds near you

Birds near me this weekType a town or postcode
Birds in the UKEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Birds in the USEvery state
Birds in Canada
All countries

Popular places

London
Cornwall
East Sussex
Cumbria

Home
Families
Ducks, Geese & Swans

Anatidae · 53 species

Ducks, Geese & Swans

American Black Duck bird photograph

Birds in this family

53 species

American Black DuckAnas rubripesDucks, Geese & Swans
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusDucks, Geese & Swans
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisDucks, Geese & Swans
Black SwanCygnus atratusDucks, Geese & Swans
Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceusDucks, Geese & Swans
Brent GooseBranta berniclaDucks, Geese & Swans
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiDucks, Geese & Swans
Canada GooseBranta canadensisDucks, Geese & Swans
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraDucks, Geese & Swans
Common MerganserMergus merganserDucks, Geese & Swans
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraDucks, Geese & Swans
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaDucks, Geese & Swans
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaDucks, Geese & Swans
EiderSomateria mollissimaDucks, Geese & Swans
Eurasian TealAnas creccaDucks, Geese & Swans
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeDucks, Geese & Swans
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorDucks, Geese & Swans
GadwallMareca streperaDucks, Geese & Swans
GarganeySpatula querquedulaDucks, Geese & Swans
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaDucks, Geese & Swans
Greater ScaupAythya marilaDucks, Geese & Swans
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsDucks, Geese & Swans
Greylag GooseAnser anserDucks, Geese & Swans
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusDucks, Geese & Swans
King EiderSomateria spectabilisDucks, Geese & Swans
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisDucks, Geese & Swans
MallardAnas platyrhynchosDucks, Geese & Swans
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataDucks, Geese & Swans
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataDucks, Geese & Swans
Mute SwanCygnus olorDucks, Geese & Swans
Northern PintailAnas acutaDucks, Geese & Swans
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataDucks, Geese & Swans
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusDucks, Geese & Swans
PochardAythya ferinaDucks, Geese & Swans
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisDucks, Geese & Swans
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorDucks, Geese & Swans
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaDucks, Geese & Swans
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiDucks, Geese & Swans
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisDucks, Geese & Swans
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaDucks, Geese & Swans
SmewMergellus albellusDucks, Geese & Swans
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensDucks, Geese & Swans
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisDucks, Geese & Swans
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataDucks, Geese & Swans
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesDucks, Geese & Swans
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisDucks, Geese & Swans
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorDucks, Geese & Swans
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaDucks, Geese & Swans
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisDucks, Geese & Swans
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusDucks, Geese & Swans
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaDucks, Geese & Swans
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusDucks, Geese & Swans
Wood DuckAix sponsaDucks, Geese & Swans

Where to see ducks, geese & swans

United Kingdom47
Germany46
Netherlands45
France43
Denmark41
Poland41
United States41
Sweden40
Czechia39
Spain39
Austria38
Norway38
Russia38
Finland37
Switzerland37
Canada36
China35
Hungary35
Ireland35
Italy35
Lithuania34
Portugal34
Slovakia34
Iceland33
Romania33
Greece32
Japan32
Latvia32
Ukraine32
Estonia31

Find out what bird it is. Then get to know it.

Cited by National Geographic, Nature, The Guardian and Audubon.

One letter a month

What to look for in your garden this month. No adverts, unsubscribe in one tap.

Website

Email address

Postcode or town, for the birds in your area (optional)

Identify

Identify a bird from a photo
Get the Birdfact app
Tell them apart

Birds

All birds A–Z
Families
Birds in the UK
Birds in the US
Birds in 3D
Birds near me
State birds
Records

Learn

All articles
Male, female and young
What birds eat
Collective nouns
Bird behaviour
Anatomy

Birdfact

About us
How we write and check
Sources
Contact
Newsletter

Privacy Terms Cookies Cookie choices Accessibility Do not sell or share my personal information

© 2026 NC Digital Limited, trading as Birdfact · Registered in England and Wales, company 16413452 · 5 Canon Court, Institute St, Bolton BL1 1PZ