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User:Bobby Cohn/sandbox/List of birds of Algonquin Provincial Park

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Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Spring and fall migrants[1]
Vagrant or rare[2]
  • Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) — 1 recorded sighting in May 2006
  • Mute swan (Cygnus olor) — 2 recorded sightings in July 1977 and July and October 1994
  • Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) — 4 recorded sightings between 2002 and 2007
  • Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) — 10 recorded sightings between 1957 and 2003
  • Gadwall (Mareca strepera) — 10 recorded sightings between 1976 and 2011
  • Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) — 10 recorded sightings between 1972 and 2010
  • Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) — 1 recorded sighting in November 1991
  • Redhead (Aythya americana) — 5 recorded sightings between 1976 and 2010
  • Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) — 1 recorded sighitng in December 1998

Grouse and turkey

Grouse[3]
  • Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) — permanent resident, breeds
  • Spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) — permanent resident, breeds
Turkey[4]
  • Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) — uncommon spring through fall, rare in winter, breeds

Loons

Two loon species are found within the park:[5]

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