Non-domestic species at Featherside
--and elsewhere!

Exotics links at bottom of page

Waterfowl

Ducks

  • African Black Ducks

  • Buffleheads

  • Canvasbacks

  • Carolina Ducks

  • Falcated Ducks

  • Goldeneyes, Barrow's

  • Goldeneyes, Common

  • Harlequins

  • Long-tailed Ducks

  • Mallard Ducks

  • Mandarin Ducks

  • Maned Ducks

  • Mergansers, Common

  • Mergansers, Hooded

  • Muscovies

  • Oldsquaw

  • Pintails, Bahama

  • Pintails, Northern

  • Pochards, European

  • Pochards, Red-crested

  • Pygmy Goose, African

  • Pygmy Goose, Indian

  • Redhead

  • Ring-necked Ducks

  • Rosybill

  • Ruddy Ducks, North American

  • Shelducks, Australian

  • Shelducks, Cape

  • Shelducks, Common

  • Shelducks, Paradise

  • Shelducks, Radjah

  • Shelducks, Ruddy

  • Shovelers, Australasian

  • Shovelers, New Zealand

  • Shovelers, North American

  • Smew

  • Teal, Baikal

  • Teal, Blue-winged

  • Teal, Cape

  • Teal, Chestnut-breasted

  • Teal, Cinnamon

  • Teal, Green-winged

  • Teal, Hottentot

  • Teal, Laysan

  • Teal, Marbled

  • Teal, Ringed

  • Teal, Sharp-winged

  • Tree Ducks, Black-bellied

  • Tree Ducks, Eyton

  • Tree Ducks, Fulvous

  • Tree Ducks, Spotted

  • Tree Ducks, White-faced

  • Whistling Ducks see Tree Ducks

  • Wigeons, American

  • Wigeons, Chiloe

  • Wigeons, European

  • Wood Ducks

  • Wood Ducks, Australian

    Gallinules (Moorhens) -- often mistaken for ducks

    Geese

  • Abyssinian Blue-winged Geese

  • Bar-headed Geese

  • Barnacle Geese

    My Barnacle, "Bill"

  • Brant Geese

  • Canada Geese

  • Cape Barren (Cereopsis) Geese

  • Egyptian Geese

  • Emperor Geese

    Emperor Gander

  • Greylag Geese

  • Lesser White-fronted Geese

  • Magpie Geese

  • Maned Geese

  • Nene (or Hawaiian Geese)

  • Pygmy Goose, African

  • Pygmy Goose, Indian

  • Red-breasted Geese

  • Snow Geese

  • Swan Geese

    Swans

    Gallinaceous Fowl

    Guineas

  • Crested Guinea Fowl

  • Helmeted Guinea Fowl (the domestic guinea)

  • Vulturine Guinea Fowl

    Jungle Fowl

  • Ceylon Junglefowl

  • Green Jungle Fowl

  • Grey (or Sonnerat's) Jungle Fowl

  • Red Jungle Fowl

    Peafowl

    Pheasants

  • Bar-tailed Pheasant

  • Blue Eared Pheasant

    "Wyatt"

  • Common Pheasant

  • Edwards's Pheasant

  • Elliot's Pheasant

  • Fireback, Crested

  • Fireback, Crestless

  • Golden Pheasant

    A Golden male

  • Great Argus Pheasant

  • Kalij Pheasant

  • Lady Amherst's Pheasant

  • Mikado Pheasant

  • Monal (a.k.a. Impeyan)

  • Peacock Pheasant, Grey

  • Peacock Pheasant, Palawan

  • Reeves's Pheasant

  • Ringnecked Pheasant

  • Silver Pheasant

  • Swinhoe Pheasant

  • Tragopan, Blyth's

  • Tragopan, Satyr

  • Tragopan, Temminck's

  • White Eared Pheasant

    Partridges

  • Chukars

  • Crested Partridges

  • Hungarian or Grey Partridges

  • Red-legged Partridges

  • Roul-roul Partridges

    Grouse

  • Ruffed

    Quail

  • Blue Scale

  • Bobwhite

  • Button Quail

  • California Quail

  • Coturnix

  • Gambel's Quail

  • Japanese

  • Valley Quail

    Turkeys

  • Domestic

  • Ocellated Turkey

  • Wild Turkey

    Ratites

  • Ratites (Emu, Ostrich, Rhea, Cassowary)

    An Emu chick

    Various Hybrids

    Links to Wildfowl Sites

    Game Bird and Waterfowl Breeders' E-mail Directory.

    The Home Page of the American Pheasant & Waterfowl Society includes pictures of some exotic species.

    Here's the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA).

    There's a pictorial omnibus of wildfowl at Harteman Wildfowl.

    Here's The Heart of America Game Breeders' Association (HOAGBA).

    The Pheasant & Waterfowl Society of Australia

    For published materials on these birds see my book page

    Go to my Poultry Sites page for more links to gallinaceous Game Birds

    Waterfowl of Chenoa - the Field family's EXCELLENT wildfowl site. Great information for environmental educators, also.

    Northwest Wildfowl Farm - Conservation via propagation, education and research.

    Here's the International Wild Waterfowl Association, another wild waterfowl conservation site.

    And here's the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust -- they deal in part with threatened species.

    AVIORNIS UK - Conservation through Captive Breeding.

    Feathers on Water is a lovely site: "A virtual exhibition of the swans, geese and ducks of Canada." A nicely designed site in both English and French.

    There are many photos of many species at Wildy Beautiful Waterfowl.

    Many waterfowl and gallinaceous fowl are available at Spectrum Ranch.

    Various waterfowl are for sale at Dickson Farm

    Many wild species of duck are for sale at Dieter's Divers

    Northwest Wildfowl has a nice article: Getting Started in Aviculture.

    There are lots of exotic waterfowl at Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Farm

    Here's a page of commercial stock photos of various waterfowl, and some other water birds.

    A page on waterfowl identity on the Central Flyway of the US.

    Webbed Feet and All is a page on waterfowl of the Bay Area, San Francisco.

    And here's a page on the waterfowl of Utah.

    Here's Ducks Unlimited's Waterfowl ID page.

    Clear Springs Aviaries and Gardens specializes in propagating rare species of birds, including various gallinaceous birds and waterfowl.

    Griffin's Exotics -- birds for sale here.

    There's a lot of wildfowl for sale at Robert's Waterfowl.

    Many species are to be found at My Duck Pen.

    Little Bellevue Waterfowl has a lot of species for sale.

    Lots of Wildfowl can be found at Jack Long's Exotic Birds & Waterfowl.

    There are also lots of waterfowl to be had at Orchard View Game Farm.

    Treehaven Waterfowl Trust, in South Africa, has a large collection of wildfowl and is always looking for more. They also sell a video on Successful Waterfowl Management.

    Various exotics including Swans and Peafowl are available from Spectrum Ranch.

    Ducks of the World has tabular information on many species of wild duck.

    Here's the US Fish & Wildlife Service's page on Duck Identification Using Wing Plumage. Definitely a handy source for North American wild ducks.

    The GooseRef Bibliography System is an online bibliographic search system devoted to the primary scientific literature on geese.

    True Geese of the World 1 is a tabular list of the Anser species of wild geese.

    True Geese of the World 2 is a tabular list of the Branta species of wild geese.

    Shelducks of the World has information on the genus Tadorna.

    Texas Parks and Wildlife has put up a page on the Bufflehead.

    Here's Squaw Creek's pages on Fulvous Ducks and Cinnamon Teal. Birds for sale here.

    Swan Haven Waterfowl - Your source for Wild Waterfowl, Cage Birds, and More!

    Various exotics can be had at Duck Haven Wildfowl.

    Predator proofing: There's some site, I don't remember it, that sells little flashing solar powered lights that repel owls. But if you can't find or afford those, try this!

    Dan Cowell has a nice page up with plans for various waterfowl nest boxes, including Wood Duck boxes.

    Nest Aid: Wood Duck Nest Box

    Prospecting For Nest Sites by Cavity-Nesting Ducks of the Genus Bucephala -- from The Condor, Volume 87, Number 4, November, 1985.

    Methods of Restricting a Bird's Flight from Swan Haven Waterfowl.

    Gamebird.com also has a page on pinioning waterfowl.

    Jubilee Acres has a page on pinioning waterfowl, too.

    There are some wonderful waterfowl posters available from the artist Monte Dolack. I love 'em!

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