Sea Duck Joint Venture
A Conservation Partnership under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Meet the Sea Ducks
There are 15 species of sea ducks in several groups including the eiders, scoters, goldeneyes, mergansers, the harlequin and long-tailed ducks, and bufflehead. Click below for detailed information on each species including species fact sheets, range maps and photo galleries.
- Common Eider – Somateria mollissima
- King Eider – Somateria spectabilis
- Spectacled Eider – Somateria fischeri
- Steller’s Eider – Polysticta stelleri
- Black Scoter – Melanitta americana
- White-winged Scoter – Melanitta fusca
- Surf Scoter – Melanitta perspicillata
- Barrow’s Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
- Common Goldeneye – Bucephala clangula
- Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola
- Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis
- Harlequin Duck – Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Merganser – Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator
- Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus