Wildfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans 

A summary of information on 154 species of duck, geese and swans of the world intended as an identification manual for the wildfowl enthusiast that goes beyond a regional basis and is light enough to be used as a handy reference book in the field. The text not only clarifies identification techniques but fully discusses problematic plumages in detail as well as providing a summary on world distribution and status complemented by clear distribution maps.

North American Ducks, Geese and Swans

This book is the result of renowned zoologist Mr. Todd’s life work photographing waterfowl around the world, in an attempt to obtain images of every sex, age and plumage type feasible prior to his passing in December 2016. This book is a richly detailed photographic guide to the Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, including the Hawaiian Islands, Greenland, Mexico and the U.S. Territories in Pacific Ocean. The photographs, mostly by the author, were selected to highlight plumage phases, age classes and variation and behavioural postures. Brief text describes the different categories of waterfowl and brief bullet points highlight important identification features. Range maps and population estimates are noted in the text and some details of morphology are also provided in an Appendix.

Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World

Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World (Paperback)Identifies more than a hundred species of waterbirds, and includes information on characteristics, behaviour, and range.

• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin (Trade); Reprinted edition (24 Jun. 1993)
• Language : English
• Paperback : 298 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0395467268
• ISBN-13 : 978-0395467268
• Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm

Ducks, Geese, and Swans: Anseriformes

Wildfowl and screamers belong to a highly diverse family of birds, confined to watery habitats. They are amongst the most attractive of birds and are very well-known to man, who has domesticated them, used their feathers for warm clothing and ornamentation, admired their flight, courtship and migration, caught them for food, maintained them in captivity for pleasure, and written about their doings in delightful children's stories, from Mother Goose to Jemima Puddleduck and Donald Duck. They occur throughout the world except Antarctica. Some are faithful to the same partner for life, others for only the few minutes of copulation. In some species, male and female make devoted parents, and yet there is one within the group whose female lays her eggs in the nests of others and never incubates.

Wildfowl of Britain and Europe

The ducks, geese, and swans are colourful birds, evocative of wild places. Their variety and beauty are illustrated in this book. The thirty colour plates are from volume 1 of the BWP. They show of normal plumage and more distant flight views. The text, specially written for this volume, draws on the BWP. The general introduction outlines the characteristics of the wildfowl and their biology. The descriptions with the plates give information on individual species and their identification.

Handbook of Waterfowl Identification

Full-colour illustrations and informative text combine to identify waterfowl found throughout the world. This field guide depicts virtually all duck, goose, and swan species and races. Range maps for all species are provided, as well as an appendix listing weights, clutch sizes, incubation and fledgling periods.

Wildfowl of Europe

A book both authorative and handsome on the subject of ducks, geese and swans has long been awaited. The fact that Myfryn Owen has spent many years researching at The Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, means that for the first time information is available within these pages that can only be found in journals and private papers. The author has paid particular attention to the ecology of wildfowl and presents us with new insights into the relationship between the birds and their natural habitats. The superb quality of the illustrations, so generously praised by Sir Peter Scott in his foreword, will convince the owner of this book that he or she has an invaluable addition to their bookshelves.

Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World

Illustrated Checklist Wildfowl of the World forms a key which can be used to identify any species of wildfowl you may encounter.

• Illustrated Checklist Wildfowl of the World forms a key which can be used to identify any species of wildfowl you may encounter. The book features two sections.
• The text: is divided by identification feature: size, shape, colour, bill shape and colour, voice, and behaviour. Characteristics noted in this section then direct you to:
• The plates: are organised by family or ‘tribe’. For each species there is also a detailed list of where it can be found with both breeding and wintering locations. Migration habits are also described.
• Also included are sections on names and classification, an index that includes both common and Latin names, and details of Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves throughout the UK.

Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America: 2-vol. set 

Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was published in 1942. A must-have for professional biologists, birders, waterfowl hunters, decoy collectors, and wildlife managers, this fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's forty-six species. Maps of both winter and breeding ranges are presented with stunning images by top waterfowl photographers and the acclaimed original artwork of Robert W. (Bob) Hines.

Originally authored by F. H. Kortright and later revised by Frank Bellrose, this latest edition, which has been meticulously updated by renowned waterfowl biologist Guy Baldassarre, continues the legacy of esteemed authors. Each species account contains in-depth sections on:

Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America

The characteristics, habits, movements and migration routes, and populations of American waterfowl are documented.

• Publisher : Stackpole Books; 3rd Revised edition (31 Dec. 1980)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 543 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0811705358
• ISBN-13 : 978-0811705356
• Dimensions : 20.32 x 3.18 x 26.04 cm

Ducks of Britain and the Northern Hemisphere

John Gooders and Trevor Boyer.
Thirty-eight full colour major plates of Trevor Boyer's magnificent illustrations are supported with hundreds of four colour drawings showing in meticulous detail winter and summer plumage. Each species of duck (male and female) is colour illustrated in flight profile for identification reference.

John Gooders and Trevor Boyer have worked together very successfully on four previous books on birds, and this splendid tribute to ducks is another triumph for them.

Wildfowl in Great Britain

The Wildfowl Trust (founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946) has worked actively to promote wildfowl conservation over many years and this volume will surely be recognised as one of its finest achievements. Here in one volume the Wildfowl Trust, supported by the Nature Conservancy Council, presents a synthesis of detailed data collected by a wide range of enthusiasts on the distribution of wildfowl and their major habitats. The importance of sensitive conservation planning is stressed as is the vulnerability of wetlands to modern technology. The international dimension of wildfowl conservation is also well covered, especially by the clear maps of ringing recoveries and migration routes. This book emphasises the need for international action in conserving wetlands and stresses the benefits enjoyed by the fortunate countries endowed with these habitats. By their very presence the spectacular flocks of wildfowl provide one of the strongest arguments to convince laymen, planners and politicians that our wetlands are not wastelands but a very precious and vulnerable part of our heritage.

Peter Scott's Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World

A coloured key to the wildfowl of the world by Peter Scott with 23 colour plates in an easy-to-use format for the wildfowler or ornithologist.

• Publisher : The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (1 Jan. 2006)
• Language : English
• Paperback : 96 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0900806354
• ISBN-13 : 978-0900806353
  

Waterfowl Identification

Provides colour illustrations of head and bill (of North American species). The standard reference for waterfowl identification.

• Publisher : Stackpole Books; New edition (9 Nov. 1986)
• Language : English
• Spiral-bound : 76 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0811729826
• ISBN-13 : 978-0811729826
• Dimensions : 17.78 x 0.48 x 11.43 cm

Wildfowl of the Northern Hemisphere

Illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling Ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted in the water and on the water. Each species account contains information on plumage, distribution, population size, conservation, breeding biology, and ecology with an explanation of the derivation of the Latin name, this latter has not been done before. The accounts are laid out so that all relevant information for each species is contained within a two page spread or easy cross-referencing between the text and the artwork. At the end of the book, there are useful sections on Where to See Wildfowl giving brief details of sites right across the Northern Hemisphere with more detailed information for UK sites managed by the RSPB and the WWT. With a foreword by Dr. Baz Hughes.

Wildfowl New Naturalist

New Naturalist Wildfowl provides a much-anticipated overview of the fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas.

Wildfowl – swans, geese and ducks – have been the subject of poetry, fables, folklore and music, and a source of inspiration to writers, artists, historians and naturalists alike. Historically, they have featured prominently in our diet – more recently they have become the most widely domesticated group of birds. Wildfowl have been scientifically studied more intensively than any other group of birds and were one of the first groups to highlight more general issues of conservation. Their status as the most popular group of birds is underlined by the success of the original Wildfowl Trust (now the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust).

Atlas of Anatidae Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia

This work discusses for 63 species the rationale for managing the Anatidae of Africa and Western Eurasia at a flyway level. For each species, the most appropriate flyway boundaries are discussed and plotted on maps. Maps also show all potential and actual key-sites, and breeding ranges for migratory species. Key-sites are also presented in table form, with justification for all flyway population estimate and boundary changes.

Conservation of the White-headed Duck

This work presents the current status of the endangered White-headed Duck in the 12 countries of the Central Asian region. The principal threats to the species and its wetland habitats have been identified and priority actions have been recommended. The main focus of action should be to conserve the wetlands on which this and many other waterbird species are dependent.

The Wood Duck and the Mandarin

This is a story of conservation told through the natural histories of two of the world's most fascinating birds, the Wood Duck of North America and the Mandarin of Asia. The only two species in their genus (Aix), these Northern Wood Ducks are native to different continents but have long been kept together in captivity. Now, for the first time in history, they are also flying side by side in the wild in a small area of Northern California. This rare circumstances has given Lawton L. Shurtleff and Christopher savage the opportunity to observe the Northern Wood Ducks' close relationships and is the starting point of this informative and beautifully rendered book. The opening chapters tell how the Wood Duck and the Mandarin came to inhabit the Pacific flyway and explain their extraordinary similarities. Subsequent chapters discuss the distinctive histories of the two species and describe the birds throughout the seasons in their native flyways. The Mandarins' place in Asian art and literature is the subject of chapter five. The final chapter illuminate the successful work done to protect the North American Wood Duck, which has made a remarkable recovery from near extinction, and the beginning efforts to protect the Mandarin, whose existence in East Asia is seriously threatened.

The Teal

Small, noisy and colourful, the Teal is a familiar duck throughout the wetlands and waterways Europe and Asia. Once hunted extensively for the pot, its numbers have recovered and it is now one of our commonest species of waterfowl.
A flagship species for wetland conservation, the Teal is also an excellent model species for ecological research, and this forms the spine of this new Poyser monograph.
The Teal looks at distribution and trends in numbers, foraging ecology, breeding behaviour), population dynamics, management and conservation of teal, looking at both the Eurasian Common Teal and its North American equivalent, the Green-winged Teal (which until relatively recently was considered to be the same species). The book provides a scientifically robust account on which wetland managers, research scientists and the ornithological community may rely, with wider implications for the conservation and management of other waterfowl, and for ecological research in general.

The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck

Fifty-two years after the pink-headed duck was last seen in the wild, Rory Nugent set off for India in search of this exceptionally rare bird. In Calcutta he prowled the fowl market, where a few of the ducks used to appear during the Raj. Traveling on to Delhi, he was befriended by a Cambridge-educated smuggler, and he learned of remote regions to the north where the duck might be found. In Sikkim, following the trail of a Yeti, he became lost in the Valley of Bliss and nearly imprisoned inside a forest of rhododendrons, each the size of a ranch house. Making his way to Assam, he bought a 13-foot skiff and paddled the Brahmaputra River from Burma to Bangladesh, with stops on an island, considered to be Kali’s left breast, and at a Tantrist temple, where he stumbled on a grisly ritual in a graveyard. In a secluded marsh along the river he may have spotted the world’s rarest duck.

The Shelduck: A Study in Behavioural Ecology 

This book augments discussions of behavioural ecology with a comprehensive study of a single species, using it to illustrate and discuss many theoretical issues. Taking the shelduck as its principal example, the book considers how an animal's behaviour helps it to survive and reproduce in a hostile environment. It also discusses the effects of behaviour, particularly social behaviour, in the limitation of animal population size. The arrangement of the text follows the phases of the shelduck's annual cycle and discusses the different behavioural problems encountered at each stage. In this account a wide variety of topics in behavioural ecology have been brought together and applied to a thorough field study of this highly territorial species.

Ruddy Ducks and Other Stifftails

An introduction to the morphology, behaviour, and ecology of the ruddy duck and its relatives including the black-headed duck, the masked duck, the maccoa, and the Argentine and Australian blue-billed. Johnsgard (biological sciences, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln) bases his descriptions on his own lifetime.

• Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press (1 April 1996)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 328 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0806127996
• ISBN-13 : 978-0806127996
• Dimensions : 19.05 x 3.18 x 26.67 cm

The Status and Conservation of the White Winged Wood Duck

Publisher : Wetlands International (1 Jan. 1992)

• Language : English
• Paperback : 115 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0950573116
• ISBN-13 : 978-0950573113

The Common Eider

A common sight around the more northerly shores of the British Isles, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the northern hemisphere. The eider is particularly well adapted to cold-water environments; the insulating properties of eider down are iconic. The species is taxonomically interesting, with a range of well-marked subspecies reflecting the patterns of ice coverage during ancient glaciations, and these ducks have also provided the focus for a number of important behavioural studies, especially on feeding ecology and energy budgets. Eiders have a long association with humans, and have deep cultural significance in many societies. However, modern lifestyles are exposing these ducks to a wide range of new pressures. This monograph provides a comprehensive portrait of the Common Eider and the two other species in the genus, the King and Spectacled Eiders. Authors Chris Waltho and John Coulson bring together an extensive and diverse international literature, with sections on taxonomy, habitats, breeding biology, population dynamics, diet and foraging, dispersal and migration, and conservation.

The Mandarin Duck

The Mandarin Duck is a small and (in the case of the males) spectacularly colourful species of waterfowl. Widely kept in aviaries around the world, populations often escaped to form wild colonies. One of the largest and best-studied is in southern England. Although declining and nowadays surprisingly hard to find, Britain's wild Mandarin population is probably more numerous than that of the duck's true home, China and the Russian Far East, where it is now endangered.
This Poyser monograph is a detailed account of this beautiful duck's lifestyle and biology, with particular emphasis on invasive populations in Britain and overseas. It is a superb addition to the long-running and acclaimed Poyser series.

Waterfowl can be identified by using information about size, shape, colour pattern, markings, behaviour, habitat, range and calls. All clues are important, but by far the most important things to concentrate on for this group are shape and patterns of white. This guide features more than 25 species of ducks and includes both silhouettes that emphasize distinctive shape and placement of white, and full color images of both males and females. Sections address behavior, habitat, color patterns and other characteristics important for each species. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this guide support continued educational activities by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Waterfowl can be identified by using information about size, shape, colour pattern, markings, behaviour, habitat, range and calls. All clues are important, but by far the most important things to concentrate on for this group are shape and patterns of white. This guide features more than 25 species of ducks and includes both silhouettes that emphasize distinctive shape and placement of white, and full colour images of both males and females. Sections address behaviour, habitat, colour patterns and other characteristics important for each species. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this guide support continued educational activities by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Waterfowl ID 3 Sea Ducks

Waterfowl can be identified by using information about size, shape, colour pattern, markings, behaviour, habitat, range and calls. All clues are important, but by far the most important things to concentrate on for this group are shape and patterns of white. This guide features more than 25 species of ducks and includes both silhouettes that emphasize distinctive shape and placement of white, and full colour images of both males and females. Sections address behaviour, habitat, colour patterns and other characteristics important for each species. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this guide support continued educational activities by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The North American Whistling-Ducks, Pochards, and Stifftails

The 12 species described in this volume are not closely related, but they provide an instructive example of adaptive evolutionary radiation within the much larger waterfowl lineage as to their divergent morphologies, life histories, and social behaviours. The whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna), with three known North American species, are notable for their permanent pair-bonds, extended biparental family care, and strong social cohesion. In contrast, males of the five typical pochards (Aythya) maintain monogamous pair-bonds only long enough to assure that the female's eggs are fertilized. The extreme of this behaviour exists among the stifftails (Oxyura). Such diverse reproductive strategies have exerted powerful evolutionary influences on interspecies variations in sexual dimorphism, sexual behaviour, anatomy, ecology, and other traits. This volume includes more than 63,000 words, plus some 200 maps, photos, drawings, and sketches, and nearly 650 literature citations.

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the interest and attention directed toward sea ducks, the Mergini tribe. This has been inspired, in large part, by the conservation concerns associated with numerical declines in several sea duck species and populations, as well as a growing appreciation for their interesting ecological attributes. Reflecting the considerable research recently conducted on this tribe, Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks examines the 15 extant species of sea ducks from North America.

Ducks, Geese and Swans of India describes 42 species of ducks, geese, and swans found in India. Written by experts in the field, this book discusses the distribution, population size, migratory movement, habitat and ecology, and conservation status of these birds. The descriptions are illustrated with colour images of specimens and maps showing the distribution of these birds across the Indian subcontinent. The book comes equipped with a companion CD. It will interest ornithologists, birdwatchers, conservationists, as well as general readers interested in the flora and fauna of the Indian subcontinent.

COMPLETE WATERFOWL STUDIES: Dabbling Ducks and Whistling Ducks

A comprehensive, in-depth study of North American waterfowl. This study is covered in three lavishly illustrated volumes. Volume 1 covers America's most-colourful group of waterfowl: ducks of the ponds, lakes, and rivers.

COMPLETE WATERFOWL STUDIES: Diving Ducks v. 2: Volume II: Diving Ducks

Diving Ducks covers our ducks of the deeper waters, often salty, who have marvellously adapted themselves to feeding below the surface, sometimes at incredible depths.

This volume updates and expands a portion of P. A. Johnsgard's 1975 Waterfowl of North America. It includes two species of the perching duck tribe Cairinini: the muscovy duck and the wood duck, which forage on the water surface but perch in trees and nest in elevated tree cavities. It also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding, duck tribe Anatini, that forage on the water surface but nest on the ground. The species that breed in North America include the familiar mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies, social-sexual behaviours, and breeding biology of all these species are provided. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species that have been reported in North America have also been included with more abbreviated accounts. The updated bibliography contains more than 1,000 references. There are 12 maps, 31 drawings, 28 photos, and 58 anatomical or behavioural sketches.