Ducks

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Ducks

• Wildlife Conservation

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Puddle Ducks
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Mallard

• 18-27 inches
• Most common wild duck, ancestor of most domestic
  ducks
• Dark green head, narrow white ring around neck
• Purplish blue wing speculum with white tips

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Black Duck

• 19-23 inches
• Closely related to mallard
• Dark mottled brown
• Purple speculum with white wing linings

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Pintail

• 25-30 inches
• Slim, graceful ducks with long, pointed tail on
  males
• Brown head with white line running up neck
  grayish back and sides with black tail

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Shoveler

• 17-20 inches
• Unique shovel-shaped bill longer than its head
• Green head, rust-colored sides, white breast
• Blue-gray shoulder patch and green speculum

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Wood Duck

• Rescued from brink of extinction by sportspeople
  and conservation groups
• Cavity-nesting species
• Multicolored with greens, blues, and purples
• Females have distinctive white eye patch

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Blue-winged Teal

• 15-16 inches
• Slate-gray head, distinct white crescent or line
  from below the chin to above the eye
• Blue-gray patch on forewing is seen during flight
• One of the first to head south in late summer

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Other Puddle Ducks

• Gadwell
• American Widgeon
• Green-winged Teal
• Cinnamon Teal

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Diving Ducks
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Redhead

• 18-22 inches
• One of the most common
• Dark cinnamon head, gray sides and back, black
  breast and tail
• Pale blue bill with black tip

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Canvas Back

• 20-24 inches
• Long bill, sloping forehead
• Dark cinnamon head and neck, black breast and
  tail with whitish body
• Prefer to breed on freshwater marshes

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Ring Necked Duck

• 14-18 inches
• Black breast, head, and back, pale gray flanks,
  vertical white mark on breast
• Gray bill with white ring on base and black tip

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Common Goldeye

• 17-20 inches
• Dark green glossy head, roundish white spot near
  base of the bill
• White areas on backs and wings
• Nest in tree cavities

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Bufflehead

• Smallest duck in North America at 13-14 inches
• Dark greenish purple head, black beak, white
  breast and sides
• Large white patch from behind the eye to back of
  the head
• Very stocky often called Butterball

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Lesser Scaup

• 15-18 inches
• Dark purplish black glossy head, black tail and
  breast, gray and white speckled back
• Pale blue bill, white wing stripe
• Preference for freshwater

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Greater Scaup

• 17-21 inches
• Dark greenish black head, black breast and tail,
  speckled gray back and white sides
• Pale blue bill, white wing stripe
• Most often seen in large groups or rafts on
  large inland lakes

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Other Diving Ducks

• Common Merganser
• Common Eider