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Waterbirds with 4 toes; front 3 are webbed. Most with typical ducklike bill. Bill with a flattened nail or hook at the tip.l Fish-eating mergansers have a long narrow bill. In Stanley Park Aix sponsa Duck, Wood   Anas acuta Pintail, Northern   Anas americana Widgeon, American Anas clypeata Shoveler, Northern   Anas crecca Teal, Green-winged   Anas discors Teal, Blue-winged Anas penelope Widgeon, Eurasian   Anas platyrhynchos Mallard   Anas strepera Gadwall Aythya affinis Scaup, Lesser   Aythya americana Redhead   Aythya collaris Duck, Ring-necked Aythya fuligula Duck, Tufted   Aythya marila Scaup, Greater   Aythya valisineria Canvasback Bucephala albeola Bufflehead   Bucephala clangula Goldeneye, Common   Bucephala islandica Goldeneye, Barrow's Clangula hyemalis Duck, Long-tailed   Histrionicus histrionicus Duck, Harlequin   Lophodytes cucullatus Merganser, Hooded Melanitta fusca Scoter, White-winged   Melanitta nigra Scoter, Black   Melanitta perspicillata Scoter, Surf Mergus merganser Merganser, Common   Mergus serrator Merganser, Red-breasted   Oxyura jamaicensis Duck, Ruddy Anser albifrons Goose, Greater White-fronted   Branta canadensis Goose, Canada   Chen caerulescens Goose, Snow Cygnus buccinator Swan, Trumpeter   Cygnus columbianus Swan, Tundra   Cygnus olor Swan, Mute   Stanley Park Explorer   TOP Stanley Park Explorer Copyright © 2003 All Rights Reserved http://www.stanleyparkexplorer.ca Produced by Peter Woods Interpretive Programs and Design Services Vancouver BC [604] 644-0110 naturalist@stanleyparkexplorer.ca         Revised: Sep 29 2007