What are your native ducks?

Great topic. I live in Florida and on a lake so you can probably guess I see a fair amount of wildlife. For ducks, I see mallards, buffle heads, golden eyes, wood ducks, blue winged teals, black bellied whistling ducks, an occasional pair of Canadian geese (given it's the right season), and quite the menagerie of muscovies, which some people see as an infestation, lol, but I love 'em.
 
Also I’ve seen chestnut teals, 2 Mallard drakes and pekins at a few other places. Sounds like their is more variety in the Northern Hemisphere.
Yes there are many varieties those were the ones off the top I could think of I used to hunt ducks so seen a lot there are several sub species of Canadian geese as well and more diver species of ducks. In the summer I have seen cinimon teal and blue wing teal, Rudy ducks, shoveler and there are others
 
I was delighted to see these while visiting my mom in south FL
they are accidentals, not originally native--
ruddy shelducks, red breasted goose
ruddys and red breasted goose (3 of 1).jpg

and Egyptian geese
egyptian goose 2 (3 of 1).jpg
 

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