Often called the aristocrat of ducks, the Canvasback holds its long sloping forehead high with a distinguished look. Males stand out with a rusty head and neck and a gleaming whitish body bookended in black. Females are pale brown overall, but that Canvasback head shape still gives them away.
This diving duck eats plant tubers at the bottom of lakes and wetlands. It breeds in lakes and marshes. Northern Shoveler: I home in on its white shoulders and rust-colored belly.
It has a medium-small body but with an absurdly large spoon-shaped bill on its dark green head. Mallard: A big duck with body colors opposite of shoveler: rust. Do you want to identify a black-headed duck? Here're 16 types of ducks with black heads you may encounter (with pictures).
Duck Identification Guide: All the Types of Ducks With Pictures When we think of ducks, we mostly picture the mallard ducks or those that are found in local ponds. However, know that there are many types of ducks, and BirdEden categorizes them accompanied by their identification features and pictures to help you understand them well. Canvasback Duck Aythya valisineria Family - ANATIDAE The canvasback is a colorful diving duck found only in North America.
The body of the male is grayish-white; he has a black chest and tail, a striking rust-colored head and neck and bright red eyes. The female is less colorful with a speckled gray body, a brown head and neck, and brown eyes. The White Faced Tree Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is also called the White Faced Whistling Duck.
These ducks have a white face, black head, rust-colored neck and breast, black and white barring on its side and back, and gray legs and bill. Ruddy Duck ABA 1 (Oxyura jamaicensis) The male Ruddy Duck is a small, rust colored duck with a black head, contrasting white face, and an unusual light blue bill. Its long spiky tail is often held upright when it swims.
Female is much drabber. Ruddy Duck The Ruddy duck is more "truth in advertising" for wild species, possessing a dark, rust-colored body from front to back, accented only by darker patches on the breast and tail feathers. The heads have a two-tone black and white coloration from top to bottom, and most notably a magnificently gorgeous light turquoise bill.
Mallard green head, yellow bill, white ring around neck, chestnut breast, gray belly and flanks Black Duck male dark blue speculum not bordered by white, greenish yellow bill, bright red legs, dark brown head and body Green-Winged Teal male rust colored head with green post - ocular patch; green speculum Green. The breeding male Masked Duck has a rust colored body with a mottled back. The dark face and neck contrasts with the light bill.
It has an eye-ring. Female has brownish-gray boddy, light face with 2 dark horizontal stripes. Similar to: female Ruddy Duck.
Female Ruddy Duck has 1 horizontal stripe on side of its head, female Masked Duck has 2.