Year	Mallard	Gadwall	Amer. widgeon	Green- winged teal	Blue- winged teal	Northern shoveler	Northern pintail	Redhead	Canvas-back	Scaup	Black duck (Atlan)	Black duck (Miss)
	millions
1955	8.78	0.65	3.22	1.81	5.31	1.64	9.78	0.54	0.59	5.62	0.58	0.18
1956	10.45	0.77	3.15	1.53	5.00	1.78	10.37	0.76	0.70	5.99	0.42	0.21
1957	9.30	0.67	2.92	1.10	4.30	1.48	6.61	0.51	0.63	5.77	0.42	0.23
1958	11.23	0.50	2.55	1.35	5.46	1.38	6.04	0.46	0.75	5.35	0.28	0.26
1959	9.02	0.59	3.79	2.65	5.10	1.58	5.87	0.50	0.49	7.04	0.31	0.18
1960	7.37	0.78	2.99	1.43	4.29	1.82	5.72	0.50	0.61	4.87	0.34	0.17
1961	7.33	0.65	3.05	1.73	3.66	1.38	4.22	0.32	0.44	5.38	0.32	0.16
1962	5.54	0.91	1.96	0.72	3.01	1.27	3.62	0.51	0.36	5.29	0.34	0.11
1963	6.75	1.06	1.83	1.24	3.72	1.40	3.85	0.41	0.51	5.44	0.33	0.14
1964	6.06	0.87	2.59	1.56	4.02	1.72	3.29	0.53	0.64	5.13	0.37	0.22
1965	5.13	1.26	2.30	1.28	3.59	1.42	3.59	0.60	0.52	4.64	0.33	0.16
1966	6.73	1.68	2.32	1.62	3.73	2.15	4.81	0.71	0.66	4.44	0.30	0.15
1967	7.51	1.38	2.33	1.59	4.49	2.31	5.28	0.74	0.50	4.93	0.29	0.21
1968	7.09	1.95	2.30	1.43	3.46	1.68	3.49	0.50	0.56	4.41	0.34	0.14
1969	7.53	1.57	2.94	1.49	4.14	2.16	5.90	0.63	0.50	5.14	0.33	0.15
1970	9.99	1.61	3.47	2.18	4.86	2.23	6.39	0.62	0.58	5.66	0.28	0.14
1971	9.42	1.61	3.27	1.89	4.61	2.01	5.85	0.53	0.45	5.14	0.26	0.13
1972	9.27	1.62	3.20	1.95	4.28	2.47	6.98	0.55	0.43	8.00	0.27	0.14
1973	8.08	1.25	2.88	1.95	3.33	1.62	4.36	0.50	0.62	6.26	0.27	0.15
1974	6.88	1.59	2.67	1.86	4.98	2.01	6.60	0.63	0.51	5.78	0.25	0.08
1975	7.73	1.64	2.78	1.66	5.89	1.98	5.90	0.83	0.60	6.46	0.24	0.12
1976	7.93	1.24	2.51	1.55	4.74	1.75	5.48	0.67	0.61	5.82	0.28	0.15
1977	7.40	1.30	2.58	1.29	4.46	1.45	3.93	0.63	0.66	6.26	0.26	0.10
1978	7.43	1.56	3.28	2.17	4.50	1.98	5.11	0.72	0.37	5.98	0.27	0.09
1979	7.88	1.76	3.11	2.07	4.88	2.41	5.38	0.70	0.58	7.66	0.24	0.08
1980	7.71	1.39	3.60	2.05	4.90	1.91	4.51	0.73	0.73	6.38	0.20	0.08
1981	6.41	1.40	2.95	1.91	3.72	2.33	3.48	0.59	0.62	5.99	0.24	0.08
1982	6.41	1.63	2.46	1.54	3.66	2.15	3.71	0.62	0.51	5.53	0.24	0.07
1983	6.46	1.52	2.64	1.88	3.37	1.88	3.51	0.71	0.53	7.17	0.20	0.09
1984	5.42	1.52	3.00	1.41	3.98	1.62	2.96	0.67	0.53	7.02	0.23	0.06
1985	4.96	1.30	2.05	1.48	3.50	1.70	2.52	0.58	0.38	5.10	0.22	0.06
1986	6.12	1.55	1.74	1.67	4.48	2.13	2.74	0.56	0.44	5.24	0.23	0.10
1987	5.79	1.31	2.01	2.01	3.53	1.95	2.63	0.50	0.45	4.86	0.20	0.07
1988	6.37	1.35	2.21	2.06	4.01	1.68	2.01	0.44	0.44	4.67	0.23	0.11
1989	5.65	1.41	1.97	1.84	3.13	1.54	2.11	0.51	0.48	4.34	0.24	0.07
1990	5.45	1.67	1.86	1.79	2.78	1.76	2.26	0.48	0.54	4.29	0.23	0.01
1991	5.45	1.58	2.25	1.56	3.76	1.72	1.80	0.45	0.49	5.25	0.23	0.05
1992	5.98	2.03	2.21	1.77	4.33	1.95	2.10	0.60	0.48	4.64	0.20	0.08
1993	5.71	1.76	2.05	1.69	3.19	2.05	2.05	0.49	0.47	4.08	0.21	0.08
1994	6.98	2.32	2.38	2.11	4.62	2.91	2.97	0.65	0.53	4.53	0.22	0.08
1995	8.27	2.84	2.61	2.30	5.14	2.85	2.76	0.89	0.77	4.45	0.21	0.09
1996	7.94	2.98	2.27	2.50	6.41	3.45	2.74	0.83	0.85	4.22	0.20	0.04
1997	9.94	3.90	3.12	2.51	6.12	4.12	3.56	0.92	0.69	4.11	0.20	0.04
1998	9.64	3.74	2.86	2.09	6.40	3.18	2.52	1.01	0.69	3.47	0.20	0.04
1999	10.81	3.24	2.92	2.63	7.15	3.89	3.06	0.97	0.72	4.41	0.27	0.05
2000	9.47	3.16	2.73	3.19	7.43	3.52	2.91	0.93	0.71	4.03	0.22	0.04

Source:  U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Waterfowl Population Status, 2000 (DOI, FWS, Washington, DC, 2000).

Notes:   Amer. = American. Atlan = Atlantic Flyway. Miss = Mississippi River Flyway. Breeding population estimates for 10 species of ducks are from the traditional survey area. Estimates of American black ducks are from mid-winter surveys in states of the Atlantic and Mississippi River Flyways. These surveys result from cooperative efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Canadian Wildlife Service, various state and provincial conservation agencies, and private conservation organizations.

Last Updated on Monday, October 16, 2000