| Scientific name | Common name | (B)reeding (M)igrating (W)intering (P)elagic | % of Total Mid-Winter Atlantic Flyway Population |
| ANSERIFORMES (Waterfowl): | |||
| Cygnini (Swans): | |||
| Cygnus columbianus | tundra swan | M/W |
1% |
| Anserini (Geese): | |||
| Branta canadensis | Canada goose | B/M/W |
8% |
| Branta bernicla | brant | M/W |
77% |
| Chen caerulescens | snow goose | M/W |
9% |
| Cairinini (Muscovy Ducks and Allies): | |||
| Aix sponsa | wood duck | B/M/W? |
<1% |
| Anatini (Dabbling ducks): | |||
| Anas acuta | northern pintail | M/W |
3% |
| Anas americana | American wigeon | B/W |
7% |
| Anas clypeata | northern shoveler | B/M/W |
4% |
| Anas crecca | green-winged teal | B/M/W |
3% |
| Anas discors | blue-winged teal | B/M |
0% |
| Anas platyrhynchos | mallard | B/M/W |
12% |
| Anas rubripes | American black duck | B/M/W |
33% |
| Anas strepera | gadwall | B/M/W |
3% |
| Aythyini (Diving Ducks): | |||
| Aythya valisineria | canvasback | M/W |
14% |
| Aythya americana | redhead | B/M/W |
<1% |
| Aythya collaris | ring-necked duck | M/W |
<1% |
| Aythya marila | greater scaup | M/W |
18%* |
| Aythya affinis | lesser scaup | M/W |
18%* |
| Mergini (Eiders, Scoters, Mergansers and Allies): | |||
| Bucephala clangula | common goldeneye | M/W |
8% |
| Bucephala albeola | bufflehead | M/W |
26% |
| Clangula hyemalis | oldsquaw | M/W |
16% |
| Histrionicus histrionicus | harlequin duck | W |
<1% |
| Lophodytes cucullatus | hooded merganser | M/W |
13%* |
| Melanitta nigra | black scoter | W/P |
10%* |
| Melanitta fusca | white-winged scoter | W/P |
10%* |
| Melanitta perspicillata | surf scoter | W/P |
10%* |
| Mergus merganser | common merganser | B/W |
13%* |
| Mergus serrator | red-breasted merganser | M/W |
13%* |
| Somateria mollissima | common eider | W/P |
<1% |
| Somateria spectabilis | king eider | W/P |
<1% |
| Oxyurini (Stifftails): | |||
| Oxyura jamaicensis | ruddy duck | B/W |
2% |
| GRUIFORMES (Rails, Cranes and Allies): | |||
| Fulica americana | American coot | B/W |
<1% |
| Percentages based on ten-year average mid-winter aerial surveys 1983-1992 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1973-95) | |||
| * Greater and lesser scaup; hooded, common, and red-breasted mergansers; and black, white-winged, and surf scoters | |||
| are grouped in aerial survey counts |
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