Part 3

TIP UP TO FEED, RARELY DIVE LEGS PLACED NEAR CENTER OF BODY GENERALLY HAVE METALLIC SPECULUM USUALLY SWIM WITH TAIL HELD CLEAR OF WATER FOOT SMALLER THAN IN DIVING DUCKS HIND TOE NOT LOBED SPRING INTO AIR ON TAKE OFF

MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos)

WHITE TAIL WHITE BORDERS ON PURPLE SPECULUM WHITISH TAIL ♂ GREEN HEAD YELLOW BILL WHITE COLLAR RUDDY BREAST ♀ ORANGE BILL MOTTLED WITH BLACK MOTTLED BROWN

BLACK DUCK (Anas rubripes)

YELLOWISH-BROWN HEAD DUSKY-BROWN BODY WHITE WING-LININGS IMMATURE HAS STREAKED BREAST PURPLE SPECULUM IMMATURE SIDE BREAST FEATHER ADULT MALE SIDE BREAST FEATHER ADULT FEMALE SIDE BREAST FEATHER ♂ BILL COLOR VARIES FROM SOLID GREENISH YELLOW TO HIGH CHROME YELLOW DEPENDING UPON AGE AND SEASON KILLED ♀ FEMALE BILL SHOWS VARYING AMOUNT OF BLACK SPOTTING

MOTTLED DUCK (Anas fulvigula)

TRAILING EDGE OFTEN WHITE LIGHT TAN HEAD PURPLE SPECULUM FEET ORANGE CHIN AND THROAT PALE BUFF (WITH OR) WITHOUT STREAKING ♂ DARK BASE OF BILL BILL YELLOW, DARK NAIL ♀ DARK SPOT (often absent) VARIABLE SPOTTING

NEW MEXICAN DUCK (Anas diazi novimexicana)

TAIL DARK. SPECULUM BLUISH PURPLE TO GREEN. WHITE EDGE ABOVE SOMETIMES ABSENT. FEET ORANGE. ♂ BILL YELLOW, DARK NAIL. CHIN PINKISH BUFF WITHOUT STREAKING. ♀ BILL DARK OLIVE OR ORANGE, DARK ON RIDGE. SMALL SPOTS NEAR BASE LIMITED OR ABSENT.

GADWALL (Anas strepera)

BLACK RUMP WHITE BELLY WHITE SPECULUM WHITE BELLY BOTH SEXES HAVE YELLOW FEET ♂ BILL BLUISH BLACK ♀ BILL DULL ORANGE VARYING SPOTTING

PINTAIL (Anas acuta)

WHITE STRIPE CINNAMON-BUFF BORDER POINTED TAIL WHITE STRIPE ♂ BROWN HEAD GRAY BILL ♀ GRAY BILL MOTTLED BROWN

GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Anas carolinensis)

GREEN SPECULUM WHITE BELLY ♂ BROWN HEAD GREEN PATCH WHITE MARK ♀

BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Anas discors)

CHALKY-BLUE PATCH GREEN SPECULUM ♂ MALE HAS DARK BELLY WHITE CRESCENT ♀ FEMALE HAS LIGHT BELLY

CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera)

CHALKY-BLUE PATCH GREEN SPECULUM ♂ UNIFORM CINNAMON BODY COLOR ♀ FEMALE HAS LIGHT BELLY

AMERICAN WIDGEON (Baldpate) (Mareca americana)

WHITE PATCH WHITE BELLY GREEN SPECULUM WHITE BORDER ♂ WHITE CROWN GREEN PATCH GRAY BILL, BLACK TIPPED WHITE PATCH ♀

SHOVELER (Spatula clypeata)

CHALKY-BLUE PATCH GREEN SPECULUM BORDERED WITH WHITE ♂ IRIDESCENT GREENISH BLACK LARGE SHOVEL BILL CONSPICUOUS BRISTLE-LIKE LAMELLAE WHITE BREAST CHESTNUT SIDES AND BELLY ♀

WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa)

WHITE BORDER WHITE BELLY SILVERY BORDERED ♂ RED IRIS RED AND WHITE BILL ADULT MALE HIGHLY COLORED ECLIPSE AND IMMATURE MALE WHITE PATCH ♀ CONSPICUOUS WHITE EYE-RING CRESTED

HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus)

WHITE MARKS ♂ STOCKY, DARK, SMALL BILL ♀ FEMALE HAS SMALLER BILL PLAIN DARK BODY

DIVING DUCK CHARACTERISTICS (Aythyinae)