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All Types of Duck Species from around the world

Duck Photographs

This page contains over 100 types of Duck Species from around the world. The pictures are useful for quickly identifying an unknown duck. These ducks are also grouped under the following:- Dabbling Ducks, Diving Ducks, Perching Ducks, Stiff-tail Ducks, Sea Ducks, Shelducks, and Whistling Ducks.

Click on the Duck photographs to enlarge them or if you click on the Duck's name then it will take you to another page with information, more photos, and sometimes a video of that particular Duck.




African Black Duck

(Anas Sparsa)
Photo: Dave Key

American Black Duck

(Anas Rubripes)
Photo: Nigel Key

Bronze-winged Duck

(Speculanas Specularis)
Photo: Dave Key

Falcated Duck

(Anas Falcata)
Photo: Dave Key

Gadwall

(Anas Strepera)
Photo: Dave Key

Garganey

(Anas Querquedula)
Photo: Dave Key

Spot-billed Duck

(Anas Poecilorhyncha)
Photo: Dave Key

Laysan Duck

(Anas Laysanensis)
Photo: Nigel Key

Mallard

(Anas Platyrhynchos)
Photo: Dave Key

Mottled Duck

(Anas Fulvigula)

Pacific Black Duck

(Anas Superciliosa)
Photo: Dave Key

Philippine Duck

(Anas Luzonica)
Photo: Dave Key

Northern Pintail

(Anas Laysanensis)
Photo: Dave Key

White-cheeked Pintail

(Anas Bahamensis)
Photo: Nigel Key

Australian Shoveler

(Anas Rhynchotis)
Photo: Dave Key

Cape Shoveler

(Anas Smithii)
photo by Neill Smith

Northern Shoveler

(Anas Clypeata)
Photo: Dave Key

Red Shoveler

(Anas Platalea)
Photo: Dave Key

Brown Teal

(Anas Chlorotis)

Baikal Teal

(Anas Formosa)
Photo: Dave Key

Blue-winged Teal

(Anas Discors)
Photo: Nigel Key

Cape Teal

(Anas Capensis)
Photo: Dave Key

Chestnut Teal

(Anas Castanea)
Photo: Nigel Key

Cinnamon Teal

(Anas Cyanoptera)
Photo: Dave Key

Grey Teal

(Anas Gracilis)

Bernier's Teal

(Anas Bernieri)
Photo: Dave Key

Red-billed Teal

(Anas Erythrorhyncha)
Photo: Dave Key

Silver Teal

(Anas Versicolor)

Hottentot Teal

(Anas Hottentota)

Puna Teal

(Anas Puna)
Photo: Dave Key

Eurasian Teal

(Anas Crecca)
Photo: Dave Key

Green-winged Teal

(Anas Carolinensis)

Sharp-winged Teal

(Anas Flavirostris Oxyptera)

American Wigeon

(Anas Americana)
Photo: Dave Key

Chiloe Wigeon

(Anas Sibilatrix)
Photo: Dave Key

Eurasian Wigeon

(Anas Penelope)
Photo: Dave Key

Yellow-billed Duck

(Anas Undulata)
Photo: Dave Key

Canvasback

(Aythya Valisineria)
Photo: Dave Key

Ferruginous Duck

(Aythya Nyroca)
Photo: Dave Key

Hardhead

(Aythya Australis)
Photo: Dave Key

Marbled Duck

(Marmaronetta Angustirostris)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Pochard

(Aythya Ferina)
Photo: Nigel Key

Red-crested Pochard

(Netta Rufina)
Photo: Dave Key

Southern Pochard

(Netta Erythrophthalma)
Photo: Dave Key

Baer's Pochard

(Aythya Baeri)
Photo: Dave Key

Madagascar Pochard

(Aythya Innotata)

Redhead

(Aythya Americana)
Photo: Dave Key

Ring-necked Duck

(Aythya Collaris)
Photo: Dave Key

Rosybill

(Vetta Peposaca)
Photo: Dave Key

Greater Scaup

(Aythya Marila)
photo by Dave Key

Lesser Scaup

(Aythya Affinis)
Photo: Dave Key

New Zealand Scaup

(Aythya Novaeseelandiae)

Tufted Duck

(Aythya Fuligula)
Photo: Dave Key

American Wood Duck

(Aix Sponsa)
Photo: Dave Key

Brazilian Duck

(Amazonetta Brasiliensis)
Photo: Dave Key

Mandarin

(Aix Galericulata)
Photo: Dave Key

Muscovy Duck

(Cairina Moschata)
Photo: Dave Key

African Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Auritus)
Photo: Dave Key

Cotton Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Coromandelianus)

Green Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Pulchellus)

Hartlaub's Duck

(Pteronetta Hartlaubii)

Ringed Teal

(Callonetta Leucophrys)
Photo: Dave Key

Australian Wood Duck

(Chenonetta Jubata)
Photo: Dave Key

Comb Duck

(Sarkidiornis Melanotos)
Photo: Dave Key

Maccoa Duck

(Oxyura Maccoa)
Photo: Dave Key

Ruddy Duck

(Oxyura Jamaicensis)
Photo: Dave Key

White-headed Duck

(Oxyura Leucocephalia)
Photo: Dave Key

Blue-billed Duck

(Oxyura Australis)

Lake Duck

(Oxyura Vittata)
Photo: Nigel Key

Musk Duck

(Biziura Lobata)

Bufflehead

(Bucephala Albeola)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Eider

(Somateria Mollissima)
Photo: Dave Key

King Eider

(Somateria Spectabilis)

Spectacled Eider

(Somateria Fischeri)

Steller's Eider

(Polysticta Stelleri)

Barrow's Goldeneye

(Bucephala Islandica)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Goldeneye

(Bucephala Clangula)
Photo: Dave Key

Harlequin Duck

(Histrionicus Histrionicus)
photo by Neill Smith

Long-tailed Duck

(Clangula Hyemalis)
photo by Neill Smith

Brazilian Merganser

(Mergus Octosetaceus)

Common Merganser

(Mergus Merganser)
Photo: Nigel Key

Hooded Merganser

(Lophodytes Cucullatus)
Photo: Dave Key

Red-breasted Merganser

(Mergus Serrator)
photo by Neill Smith

Scaly-sided Merganser

(Mergus Squamatus)
photo by Neill Smith

Black Scoter

(Melanitta Americana)

Common Scoter

(Melanitta Nigra)
photo by Neill Smith

Surf Scoter

(Melanitta Perspicillata)

Velvet Scoter

(Melanitta Fusca)
photo by Neill Smith

White-winged Scoter

(Melanitta Deglandi)

Smew

(Mergellus Albellus)
Photo: Dave Key

Australian Shelduck

(Tadorna Tadornoides)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Shelduck

(Tadorna Tadorna)
Photo: Dave Key

Paradise Shelduck

(Tadorna Variegata)

Radjah Shelduck

(Tadorna Radjah)
Photo: Dave Key

Ruddy Shelduck

(Tadorna Ferruginea)
Photo: Dave Key

South African Shelduck

(Tadorna Cana)
Photo: Dave Key

Black-bellied
Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Autumnalis)
Photo: Dave Key

Fulvous Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Bicolor)
Photo: Dave Key

Lesser
Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Javanica)
Photo: Dave Key

Plumed Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Eytoni)
Photo: Dave Key


Wandering Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Arcuata)
Photo: Dave Key

West Indian Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Arborea)
Photo: Dave Key

White-faced Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Viduata)
Photo: Dave Key

Spotted Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Guttata)
Photo: Dave Key

Steamer Duck

(Tachyeres Brachypterus)

Torrent Duck

(Merganetta Armata)

Pink-eared Duck

(Malacorhynchus Membranaceus)

Patagonian Crested Duck

(Lophonetta Specularioides Specularioides)
Photo: Dave Key

Freckled Duck

(Stictonetta Naevosa)
Photo: Nigel Key

White-backed Duck

(Thalassornis Leuconotus)
Photo: Dave Key

Black-headed Duck

(Heteronetta Atricapilla)
Photo: Dave Key

Masked Duck

(Nomonyx Dominicus)

White-winged Duck

(Asarcornis Scutulata)
Photo: Dave Key

African Black Duck

(Anas Sparsa)
Photo: Dave Key

American Black Duck

(Anas Rubripes)
Photo: Nigel Key

Bronze-winged Duck

(Speculanas Specularis)
Photo: Dave Key

Falcated Duck

(Anas Falcata)
Photo: Dave Key

Gadwall

(Anas Strepera)
Photo: Dave Key

Garganey

(Anas Querquedula)
Photo: Dave Key

Spot-billed Duck

(Anas Poecilorhyncha)
Photo: Dave Key

Laysan Duck

(Anas Laysanensis)
Photo: Nigel Key

Mallard

(Anas Platyrhynchos)
Photo: Dave Key

Mottled Duck

(Anas Fulvigula)

Pacific Black Duck

(Anas Superciliosa)
Photo: Dave Key

Philippine Duck

(Anas Luzonica)
Photo: Dave Key

Northern Pintail

(Anas Laysanensis)
Photo: Dave Key

White-cheeked Pintail

(Anas Bahamensis)
Photo: Nigel Key

Australian Shoveler

(Anas Rhynchotis)
Photo: Dave Key

Cape Shoveler

(Anas Smithii)
photo by Neill Smith

Northern Shoveler

(Anas Clypeata)
Photo: Dave Key

Red Shoveler

(Anas Platalea)
Photo: Dave Key

Brown Teal

(Anas Chlorotis)

Baikal Teal

(Anas Formosa)
Photo: Dave Key

Blue-winged Teal

(Anas Discors)
Photo: Nigel Key

Cape Teal

(Anas Capensis)
Photo: Dave Key

Chestnut Teal

(Anas Castanea)
Photo: Nigel Key

Cinnamon Teal

(Anas Cyanoptera)
Photo: Dave Key

Grey Teal

(Anas Gracilis)

Bernier's Teal

(Anas Bernieri)
Photo: Dave Key

Red-billed Teal

(Anas Erythrorhyncha)
Photo: Dave Key

Silver Teal

(Anas Versicolor)

Hottentot Teal

(Anas Hottentota)

Puna Teal

(Anas Puna)
Photo: Dave Key

Eurasian Teal

(Anas Crecca)
Photo: Dave Key

Green-winged Teal

(Anas Carolinensis)

Sharp-winged Teal

(Anas Flavirostris Oxyptera)

American Wigeon

(Anas Americana)
Photo: Dave Key

Chiloe Wigeon

(Anas Sibilatrix)
Photo: Dave Key

Eurasian Wigeon

(Anas Penelope)
Photo: Dave Key

Yellow-billed Duck

(Anas Undulata)
Photo: Dave Key

Canvasback

(Aythya Valisineria)
Photo: Dave Key

Ferruginous Duck

(Aythya Nyroca)
Photo: Dave Key

Hardhead

(Aythya Australis)
Photo: Dave Key

Marbled Duck

(Marmaronetta Angustirostris)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Pochard

(Aythya Ferina)
Photo: Nigel Key

Red-crested Pochard

(Netta Rufina)
Photo: Dave Key

Southern Pochard

(Netta Erythrophthalma)
Photo: Dave Key

Baer's Pochard

(Aythya Baeri)
Photo: Dave Key

Madagascar Pochard

(Aythya Innotata)

Redhead

(Aythya Americana)
Photo: Dave Key

Ring-necked Duck

(Aythya Collaris)
Photo: Dave Key

Rosybill

(Vetta Peposaca)
Photo: Dave Key

Greater Scaup

(Aythya Marila)
photo by Dave Key

Lesser Scaup

(Aythya Affinis)
Photo: Dave Key

New Zealand Scaup

(Aythya Novaeseelandiae)

Tufted Duck

(Aythya Fuligula)
Photo: Dave Key

American Wood Duck

(Aix Sponsa)
Photo: Dave Key

Brazilian Duck

(Amazonetta Brasiliensis)
Photo: Dave Key

Mandarin

(Aix Galericulata)
Photo: Dave Key

Muscovy Duck

(Cairina Moschata)
Photo: Dave Key

African Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Auritus)
Photo: Dave Key

Cotton Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Coromandelianus)

Green Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus Pulchellus)

Hartlaub's Duck

(Pteronetta Hartlaubii)

Ringed Teal

(Callonetta Leucophrys)
Photo: Dave Key

Australian Wood Duck

(Chenonetta Jubata)
Photo: Dave Key

Comb Duck

(Sarkidiornis Melanotos)
Photo: Dave Key

Maccoa Duck

(Oxyura Maccoa)
Photo: Dave Key

Ruddy Duck

(Oxyura Jamaicensis)
Photo: Dave Key

White-headed Duck

(Oxyura Leucocephalia)
Photo: Dave Key

Blue-billed Duck

(Oxyura Australis)

Lake Duck

(Oxyura Vittata)
Photo: Nigel Key

Musk Duck

(Biziura Lobata)

Bufflehead

(Bucephala Albeola)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Eider

(Somateria Mollissima)
Photo: Dave Key

King Eider

(Somateria Spectabilis)

Spectacled Eider

(Somateria Fischeri)

Steller's Eider

(Polysticta Stelleri)

Barrow's Goldeneye

(Bucephala Islandica)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Goldeneye

(Bucephala Clangula)
Photo: Dave Key

Harlequin Duck

(Histrionicus Histrionicus)
photo by Neill Smith

Long-tailed Duck

(Clangula Hyemalis)
photo by Neill Smith

Brazilian Merganser

(Mergus Octosetaceus)

Common Merganser

(Mergus Merganser)
Photo: Nigel Key

Hooded Merganser

(Lophodytes Cucullatus)
Photo: Dave Key

Red-breasted Merganser

(Mergus Serrator)
photo by Neill Smith

Scaly-sided Merganser

(Mergus Squamatus)
photo by Neill Smith

Black Scoter

(Melanitta Americana)

Common Scoter

(Melanitta Nigra)
photo by Neill Smith

Surf Scoter

(Melanitta Perspicillata)

Velvet Scoter

(Melanitta Fusca)
photo by Neill Smith

White-winged Scoter

(Melanitta Deglandi)

Smew

(Mergellus Albellus)
Photo: Dave Key

Australian Shelduck

(Tadorna Tadornoides)
Photo: Dave Key

Common Shelduck

(Tadorna Tadorna)
Photo: Dave Key

Paradise Shelduck

(Tadorna Variegata)

Radjah Shelduck

(Tadorna Radjah)
Photo: Dave Key

Ruddy Shelduck

(Tadorna Ferruginea)
Photo: Dave Key

South African Shelduck

(Tadorna Cana)
Photo: Dave Key

Black-bellied
Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Autumnalis)
Photo: Dave Key

Fulvous Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Bicolor)
Photo: Dave Key

Lesser
Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Javanica)
Photo: Dave Key

Plumed Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Eytoni)
Photo: Dave Key


Wandering Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Arcuata)
Photo: Dave Key

West Indian Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Arborea)
Photo: Dave Key

White-faced Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Viduata)
Photo: Dave Key

Spotted Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna Guttata)
Photo: Dave Key

Steamer Duck

(Tachyeres Brachypterus)

Torrent Duck

(Merganetta Armata)

Pink-eared Duck

(Malacorhynchus Membranaceus)

Patagonian Crested Duck

(Lophonetta Specularioides Specularioides)
Photo: Dave Key

Freckled Duck

(Stictonetta Naevosa)
Photo: Nigel Key

White-backed Duck

(Thalassornis Leuconotus)
Photo: Dave Key

Black-headed Duck

(Heteronetta Atricapilla)
Photo: Dave Key

Masked Duck

(Nomonyx Dominicus)

White-winged Duck

(Asarcornis Scutulata)
Photo: Dave Key

If you are trying to identify a duck and can't find it on this page then it may be a female or a male duck in eclipse plumage. It could also be a hybrid duck which is the offspring of two different duck species, which is quite rare.

It may also be a Domestic Duck which has escaped into the wild. They are quite a common sight in your local park. Most Domestic Ducks are descended from the wild Mallard and will also breed with them producing a hybrid Domestic Duck X Mallard (sometimes called a Manky Mallard, Feral or Domestic Mallard). These are also a fairly common sight and have a similar shape to a Mallard but are usually a bit larger with various coloured plumages.

Feral Domestic Muscovy Ducks are also fairly common in the wild in parts of the UK, Europe, USA and Australasia etc. They are large ducks which resemble the wild Muscovy duck (see photo above) but have a varied black & white or brown & White plumage.

If you have seen and photographed a Duck, Goose, or Swan and are struggling to identify it then you can email a photograph to us and we will do our best to identify it for you.

You can also post your wildfowl photos on our Facebook page to show them or ask for them to be identified.


Mallard in Eclipse
Dave Key

Hybrid Duck
Dave Key

Hybrid Duck
Carol Gillen

Hybrid Duck
Michelle

Indian Runner Duck
Dave Key

Domestic Muscovy Duck
Bill Haley


Mallard in Eclipse
Dave Key

Hybrid Duck
Dave Key

Hybrid Duck
Carol Gillen

Domestic Cayuga Duck

Indian Runner Duck
Dave Key

Domestic Muscovy Duck
Bill Haley



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