Florida Bird Photos: Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Coots, Gallinules, Limpkins, Cranes, etc.)

Florida Bird Photos - Waterfowl

This is part of what is, more or less, my Life List of Florida bird photos. I've separated the birds into groups so the pages will be easier to load.

This page is for what I'll call waterfowl. This includes ducks and geese, of course. I'll also include swans (if I ever see any in the wild) since they're in the same taxonomic Family as ducks and geese. (Anatidae). Also on this page will be the rails (Rallidae family), which includes gallinules and coots. They're often sorted together with Anatidae as "duck-like" birds. And besides, the word "gallinule" comes from a Latin word for "chicken", and chickens are also fowl. Since creating this page, I've learned that in the same taxonomic Order (Gruiformes) as Rallidae are limpkins (Aramidae) and cranes (Gruidae), so I'll include them here as well. (Anatidae is in the Order Anseriformes, but apparently they're the only Family in it.)

If you want to see other kinds of birds, please go to my bird list main page, which has other birds/sub-lists. I may also update this page as I get better photos, or additional variations.

(Page originally posted 1/20/16, last update 5/28/17)

Florida Ducks, Geese, "Chickens" (Rails), Limpkins, Cranes

(listed alphabetically by common name)
American Coot

American Coot
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck with chicks

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck with juvenile
Blue-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal (female and male)
Common Gallinule

Common Gallinule

Common Gallinule chicks

Common Gallinule juveniles
Coot See American Coot
Crane See Sandhill Crane
Duck See Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Mottled Duck, Ruddy Duck, Wood Duck
Egyptian Goose

Egyptian Goose

Egyptian Goose with chicks
Gallinule See Purple Gallinule, Common Gallinule
Goose See Egyptian Goose
Grey-headed Swamphen

Grey-headed Swamphen

Grey-headed Swamphen (juvenile)
Limpkin

Limpkin
Moorhen See Common Gallinule
Mottled Duck

Mottled Ducks

Mottled Duck chicks
Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule chick

Purple Gallinule juvenile
Purple Swamphen See Grey-headed Swamphen
Ruddy Duck

Ruddy Duck (female)
Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Crane
Sora

Sora
Swamphen See Grey-headed Swamphen
Teal See Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck

Wood Duck (male)

Wood Duck family (female and male with chicks)


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