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This list of birds of Massachusetts is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. This list is based on a checklist used by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee, the list used by most birders to objectively evaluate species recorded in the state. This list is based on the committee's revision in 2013. The taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, genera and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adhere to the conventions of the American Ornithologists' Union's 1998 ''Check-list of North American Birds'', the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North American birds. The AOU's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the ''Check-list'', "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (AOU 1998). See Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for an alternative phylogenetic arrangement based on DNA-DNA hybridization. Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Massachusetts as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to denote other categories of species: * (n) Nesting - confirmed nesting records within Massachusetts * (xn) Extralimital nester - previous record of nesting, but recorded only once or twice * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to North America by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly * (E) Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists * (Ex) Extirpated - a species no longer found in Massachusetts but existing elsewhere * (R) Review list - birds that if seen require more comprehensive documentation than regularly seen species. These birds are considered irregular or rare in Massachusetts. Note: Birds marked with ( *) are not identified to species, but are distinct enough to be considered as a separate entry __NOTOC__ ==Ducks, geese and swans== Order: AnseriformesFamily: Anatidae The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. *Black-bellied whistling duck, ''Dendrocygna autumnalis'' (R) *Fulvous whistling-duck, ''Dendrocygna bicolor'' (R) *Pink-footed goose, ''Anser brachyrhynchus'' (R) *Greater white-fronted goose, ''Anser albifrons'' *Snow goose, ''Chen caerulescens'' *Ross's goose, ''Chen rossii'' (R) *Cackling goose, ''Branta hutchinsii'' (R) *Canada goose, ''Branta canadensis'' (n) *Brant, ''Branta bernicla'' *Barnacle goose, ''Branta leucopsis'' (R) *Mute swan, ''Cygnus olor'' (I) (n) *Tundra swan, ''Cygnus columbianus'' *Wood duck, ''Aix sponsa'' (n) *Gadwall, ''Anas strepera'' (n) *Eurasian wigeon, ''Anas penelope'' *American wigeon, ''Anas americana'' (n) *Mallard, ''Anas platyrhynchos'' (n) *American black duck, ''Anas rubripes'' (n) *Blue-winged teal, ''Anas discors'' (n) *Cinnamon teal, ''Anas cyanoptera'' (R) *Northern shoveler, ''Anas clypeata'' (n) *Northern pintail, ''Anas acuta'' (n) *Garganey, ''Anas querquedula'' *Green-winged teal, ''Anas crecca'' (n) *Canvasback, ''Aythya valisineria'' *Redhead, ''Aythya americana'' *Ring-necked duck, ''Aythya collaris'' (n) *Tufted duck, ''Aythya fuligula'' (R-female and imm only) *Greater scaup, ''Aythya marila'' *Lesser scaup, ''Aythya affinis'' *Steller's eider, ''Polysticta stelleri'' (R) *King eider, ''Somateria spectabilis'' *Common eider, ''Somateria mollissima'' (n) *Harlequin duck, ''Histrionicus histrionicus'' *Labrador duck, ''Camptorhynchus labradorius'' (E) *Surf scoter, ''Melanitta perspicillata'' *White-winged scoter, ''Melanitta fusca'' *Black scoter, ''Melanitta americana'' *Long-tailed duck, ''Clangula hyemalis'' *Bufflehead, ''Bucephala albeola'' *Common goldeneye, ''Bucephala clangula'' *Barrow's goldeneye, ''Bucephala islandica'' *Hooded merganser, ''Lophodytes cucullatus'' (n) *Common merganser, ''Mergus merganser'' (n) *Red-breasted merganser, ''Mergus serrator'' (n) *Masked duck, ''Nomonyx dominicus'' (R) *Ruddy duck, ''Oxyura jamaicensis'' (n) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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