ADULT PINK FEET, IMMATURE DUSKY FEET IMMATURE PINK BILL WHITE NAIL BLACK “GRINNING” PATCH WHITE HEAD AND NECK SEXES ARE SIMILAR
PUDDLE OR DABBLING DUCK CHARACTERISTICS
(Anatinae)
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)
