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Diving Duck Identification Chart

 

Canvasback (Can)

Male - Winter

 
Body: Large duck, up to 3 pounds, 18-21 inches long. Grayish white with heavy vermiculation. Black chest and rump. Head and neck burnished red. Forehead slopes into elongated black bill. Eyes red. Feet gray. Wings: Grayish white coverts and tertials. Pearl gray speculum; remainder dark gray. Voice: Croak, peep and growl. In Flight: Feet outstretched beyond tail. Elongated neck and body. White belly contrasts with black chest and rump.
 
 

Canvasback (Can)

Male - Fall

Ranging from mottled grayish brown to near-winter coloration. Head brown. Eyes, bill, feet and wings same as in winter.
 
 

Canvasback (Can)

Female - All Seasons

Body: Mottled gray-brown. Head, neck and rump brown. Belly white. Whitish area around eyes and at base of bill. Eyes black. Bill black. Feet gray Wings: Similar to male. Voice: Quack.
 

Red Head

Male - Winter

Body: Medium-sized duck, 2 - 2 1/2 pounds, 20-22 inches long. Back and sides grayish. Chest and rump black. Belly white. Head rounded and rusty red. Bill gray with white band toward tip. Feet gray. Eyes lemon yellow. Wings: Grayish brown with faint white flecking. Speculum dull pearl gray with faint white trailing edge. Voice: Deep meow or purr In Flight: Rapid wingbeat. Flock usually flies low in well-formed V. White belly contrasts with black chest and red head.
 

Red Head

Male - Fall

Ranging from brownish gray with faint reddish head and neck to blotchy near-winter appearance. Eyes, bill, feet and wings same as in winter.

Red Head

Female - All Seasons

Body: Mottled gray-brown with dusky white belly. Pale area at base of bill and around dark brown eyes. Bill and feet similar to male but lighter. Wings: Similar to male but less flecking. Voice: Loud squawk or quack.

 

Lesser Scaup

Male - Winter

Body: Medium-sized duck, 1 3/4 - 2 pounds, 15-18 inches long. Gray vermiculated back with white sides and belly. Head purple-black. Chest and rump black. Eyes yellow. Bill light blue, short and broad. Feet gray. Wings: Dark brown with white flecking on coverts and tertials. Speculum white. Voice: Purr. In Flight: Rapid wingbeat. Dark head and chest contrast with white belly

Lesser Scaup

Male - Fall

Ranging from bluish brown to blotchy near-winter coloration. Belly whitish. Head dark with scattering of white at base of bill. Bill, eyes, feet and wings same as in winter.

Lesser Scaup

Female - All Seasons

Body: Dull brown with distinct white belly. Prominent white patch at base of bill. Eyes yellow. Bill and feet similar to male. Wings: Dark brown with minute white flecking on coverts. Speculum white. Voice: Purr or silent.

Ring-Necked Duck (Ringbill, Blackjack)

Male - Winter

Body: Medium-sized duck, 1 1/2 - 2 pounds, 16-18 inches long. Black back, chest and rump with white crescent on side. Belly white. Head blackish purple with distinct crest. Faint chestnut ring around neck. Eyes yellow-orange. Bill gray with white band at base and toward tip. Feet grayish blue. Wings: Greenish-glossed coverts. Speculum pearl gray with faint white trailing edge. Voice: Purr. In Flight: Dark head, neck, back and rump contrast with white belly. Wingbeat fast. Flight formation open.

Ring-Necked Duck (Ringbill, Blackjack)

Male - Fall

Ranging from mottled brownish black with dusky white belly to near-winter coloration. Faint white crescent on sides. Eyes, bill, feet and wings same as in winter.

Ring-Necked Duck (Ringbill, Blackjack)

Female - All Seasons

Body: Blackish brown back. Brown head, neck and sides. Belly white. Whitish eye-ring and face-patch. Eyes brown. Bill, feet and wings similar to male. Voice: Occasional purr.

 

Bufflehead (Butterball)

Male - Winter

Body: Small duck, up to 1 pound, 12-14 inches long. White belly and sides with black back and dusky rump. Puffy-appearing head with multicolored iridescence and fan-shaped white patch. Bill short and bluish gray. Feet pinkish. Wings: Mostly black. Coverts and secondaries form large white patch. Voice: Squeaky whistle. In Flight: Small flighty bird. White belly. Puffy head. White head-patch and trailing edge of underwings evident.

Bufflehead (Butterball)

Male - Fall

Ranging from a mottled grayish white to near-winter coloration. Head puffy and brownish. White head-patch streaked with dusky black. Bill, feet and wings same as in winter.

Bufflehead (Butterball)

Female - All Seasons

Body: Grayish white with brown back, tail and rump. Head puffy-appearing and brown with small white patch behind eye. Bill and feet brownish gray. Wings: Brown with inner secondaries forming small white portion of speculum. Voice: Hoarse quack.

Common Goldeneye (Whistler)

Male - Winter

Body: Medium-sized duck, 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 pounds, 17-20 inches long. Black back contrasts with white belly. Iridescent green head. Eyes gold. Round white spot on cheek. Bill short and black. Feet yellow-orange. Wings: Coverts and speculum form white patch; remainder of wing black. Voice: Piercing speer. In Flight: White on body. Dark head. White on trailing edge of underwings. Fast wingbeat causes distinct whistling sound.

Common Goldeneye (Whistler)

Male - Fall

Ranging from dull gray appearance to blotchy near-winter coloration. Head brownish green. White spot in front of eyes blotched with brown. Eyes, bill, wings and feet same as in winter.

Common Goldeneye (Whistler)

Female - All Seasons

Body: Mottled gray over back, chest and sides. Throat and belly white. Brown head lacks white cheek-spot. Bill short and black, occasionally with orangish tip. Feet yellow-orange. Wings: Dark with lesser and middle coverts gray; inner greater coverts and secondaries white. Voice: Low quack.

Ruddy Duck (Ruddy, Spiketail)

Male - Fall and Winter

Body: Small duck, 1 - 1 1/2 pounds, 13-15 inches long. Barred brown with lighter belly. Brown spike-like tail. Dark crowned head. Grayish white to white face-patch. Bill and feet gray. Wings: Brownish with slight white flecking. Voice: Cluck. In Flight: Small, drab, stubby-necked bird. Rapid wingbeat. Reluctant flyer; flies low.
 

Ruddy Duck (Ruddy, Spiketail)

Male - Spring and Summer

Rusty brown with barred brown, black and white belly. Tail brown. Crown of head black. White face-patch. Bill bright blue. Wings and feet same as in winter.

Ruddy Duck (Ruddy, Spiketail)

Female - All Seasons

Body: Similar to male in winter but lighter sides. Face-patch, often indistinct, with dark stripe. Bill, feet and wings similar to male in winter. Voice: Occasional weak cluck.

Barrow's Goldeneye

GIF -- Picture of Species
 
 
Body: Purple head with crescent-shaped white cheek-spot. Remainder of bird similar to Common Goldeneye. Note: Rare east of the Rocky Mountains.
''Fallin' Skies 6'' Video - DVD

''Fallin' Skies 6'' Video - DVD

Join champion caller Jeff Foiles and the Strait Meat Team as they travel the US in search of waterfowl hot spots. The Team strolls through New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Missouri, California and Colorado bringing the strait talk to honkers and quackers as they pile em' up in the dekes. With 90 minutes of action packed ''Fallin' Skies'' footage, this DVD will give you the insight you need to be a better hunter - and not to mention, it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch! 1-1/2 hours.


 
 

Waterfowl in Your Pocket (Paperback)

Waterfowl in Your Pocket (Paperback)

When it come to duck identification, waterfowl in Your Pocket is a welcome aid to identifying the many colorful and intriguing water birds of the midwestern states, from the Great Lakes west to the Dakotas, east to Ohio, and south to Kansas and Missouri. Illustrator Dana Gardner has created fourteen panels showing fifty-one species of ducks, geese, swans, grebes, pelicans, coots, cormorants, moorhens, and loons swimming and flying with complete plumage variations—dark phases, light phases, and juvenile and adult male and female forms in summer and winter. The text also includes length, common and scientific names, and frequency and distribution.      Whether flying high overhead in the fall or swimming in a nearby lake in the summer, waterfowl are notoriously difficult to identify, and Gardner has worked hard to make this guide useful for beginning birders as well as those more experienced in the field. Keep binoculars and Waterfowl in Your Pocket in your car or backpack—or pocket!—during spring and fall migration and summer nesting season for help in identifying such captivating water birds as greater white-fronted geese and tundra swans during spring and fall migration, male wood ducks and mallards in breeding plumage, immature and female red-breasted mergansers and snow geese, and uncommon winter visitors such as eiders and scoters.



 
 

 
 
 
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