This is a '''List of . The following markings are used:
- (A) = occurrence based on fewer than 10 records, and unlikely to occur regularly.
- (E) = ; a recent member of the avifauna that no longer exists.
- (Ex) = ; no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations still exist elsewhere.
- (I) = population established solely as the result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with ''non-native'' and ''non-indigenous.'' See Introduced Species .
- (H) - Hypothetical: Birds that have had a credible sighting reported, but have not been documented with a specimen or with a suitable photograph.
- ---( ) = found in the ''South West'' of Arizona, Yuma County, Arizona .
- ---''sw–06'' = observed in 2006.
- ---( )—'''SW''' '''''breeding species.'''''
- --- species: (ex: ''' Gambel's Quail ''' ), ''hot, lower desert species.'' (There are exceptions.)
- ---( –''– )–16 species are found ''local'', in a specific ''locality.''
- ---LCRV–''Lower''''' Colo. R. Valley'''
- ---(C) Casual, or Occasional visit
The three basic zones in Arizona can be thought of as follows:
Geol. province), now: the '' Madrean Sky Islands Biome'' of SE Az(New Mex) and Northern Mexico, Sierra Madre Occidental ('') Mtn. Range. ''( Tucson,AZ '' is in NW, south of Catalina Mtns., (word Rincon)).]]
: Anseriformes
: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to ''special oils.'' There are 131 species world wide, and 61 North American species.
- Fulvous Whistling Duck , ''Dendrocygna bicolor''
- Greater White-fronted Goose , ''Anser albifrons''
- Ross's Goose , ''Chen rossii''
- ( –''– ) Snow Goose , ''Chen caerulescens'' (''-Winters-'')
- Canada Goose , ''Branta canadensis'' (''-Winters-'')
- Brant , ''Branta bernicla'', ( Brent Goose ),
- Tundra Swan , ''Cygnus columbianus''
- Wood Duck , ''Aix sponsa'' (?Mountains, etc.)
- ( ) Gadwall , ''Anas strepera'' (''-Winters-'')
- ( Eurasian Wigeon , ''Anas penelope'' ) Calif visitor?
- American Wigeon , ''Anas americana'' (''-Winters-'')
- Mallard , ''Anas platyrhynchos'' Perm ?
- Blue-winged Teal , ''Anas discors'' (''-Winters-'')
- ( ) ''sw–06''(Feb 23) Cinnamon Teal , ''Anas cyanoptera'' Perm ?
- Northern Shoveler , ''Anas clypeata'' (''-Winters-'')
- Northern Pintail , ''Anas acuta'' ?(''-Winters-'') Calif & Mex.
- Green-winged Teal , ''Anas crecca'' (''-Winters-'')
- Canvasback , ''Aythya valisineria'' (''-Winters-'')
- ( ) Redhead , ''Aythya americana'' (''-Winters-'')
- ''sw–06'' Ring-necked Duck , ''Aythya collaris'' (''-Winters-'')
- Greater Scaup , ''Aythya marila'' (''-Winters-'')
- Lesser Scaup , ''Aythya affinis'' (''-Winters-'')
- Surf Scoter , ''Melanitta perspicillata''
- White-winged Scoter , ''Melanitta fusca''
- Black Scoter , ''Melanitta nigra''
- Bufflehead , ''Bucephala albeola'' (''-Winters-'')
- Common Goldeneye , ''Bucephala clangula'' (''-Winters-'')
- Barrow's Goldeneye , ''Bucephala islandica''
- Hooded Merganser , ''Lophodytes cucullatus'' (''-Winters-'')
- Common Merganser , ''Mergus merganser'' (''-Winters-'')
- Red-breasted Merganser , ''Mergus serrator''
- ( ) Ruddy Duck , ''Oxyura jamaicensis'' Perm ?
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