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British Birds by Picture - Ducks

Identify the duck species by picture. Species names according to the British Ornithologists' Union's "The British List" - https://bou.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/British-List.pdf This quiz contains species from the following genera: - Anas - Melanitta - Spatula - Aythya - Mergus - Tadorna - Mergellus - Mareca - Sibirionetta - Clangula - Bucephala - Aix - Lophodytes - Somateria - Polysticta - Netta - Oxyura - Histrionicus - Alopochen
This quiz uses Adult Male Summer (and when applicable Breeding) Coats for reference
Answers ordered by their binomial scientific name in ascending alphabetical order
Not all birds in this quiz will be referred to as a "duck", please specify when possible
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Aix galericulata
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Anas acuta
Anas carolinensis
Anas crecca
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas rubripes
Aythya affinis
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya ferina
Aythya fuligula
Aythya marila
Aythya nyroca
Aythya valisineria
Bucephala albeola
Bucephala clangula
Bucephala islandica
Clangula hyemalis
Histrionicus histrionicus
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mareca americana
Mareca falcata
Mareca penelope
Mareca strepera
Melanitta americana
Melanitta deglandi
Melanitta fusca
Melanitta nigra
Melanitta perspicillata
Melanitta stejnegeri
Mergellus albellus
Mergus merganser
Mergus serrator
Netta rufina
Oxyura jamaicensis
Polysticta stelleri
Sibirionetta formosa
Somateria mollissima
Somateria spectabilis
Spatula clypeata
Spatula discors
Spatula querquedula
Tadorna ferruginea
Tadorna tadorna
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