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Redheads are medium-sized diving ducks with a smoothly rounded head and a moderately large bill. Slightly larger than a Ring-necked Duck; slightly smaller than a Canvasback. Male Redheads are a dapper mixture of cinnamon head, black breast and tail, and neat gray body. Females and immatures are a plain, mostly uniform brown.
The redhead is a pochard, a diving duck specially adapted to foraging underwater. Their legs are placed farther back on the body, which makes walking on land difficult, the webbing on their feet is larger than dabbling ducks and their bills are broader, to facilitate underwater foraging.
Ducks in general often lay eggs in the nests of others, but the Redhead carries this to extremes. Female Redheads regularly parasitize each others' nests, as well as the nests of at least 10 other...
With a gleaming cinnamon head setting off a body marked in black and business gray, adult male Redheads light up the open water of lakes and coastlines. These sociable ducks molt, migrate, and winter in sometimes-huge flocks, particularly along the Gulf Coast, where winter numbers can reach the thousands.
This attractive diving duck often gathers by the thousands on lakes or bays in the winter. Males have cinnamon-colored head, yellow eye, and gray body. Females are plain brown overall, a lighter blond color than scaup and Ring-necked Duck. Also note evenly rounded head shape.
Of the diving ducks, redheads are the most common breeders in the United States. Female redheads lay an average of 7-10 eggs and are notorious for parasitizing canvasback nests. Latin: Aythya americana. Average length: M 20", F 19" Average weight: M 2.4 lbs., F 2.1 lbs.
The Redhead duck (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck found across North America. Recognizable for the vibrant chestnut-red heads of males, they inhabit diverse freshwater habitats during breeding and wintering, including marshes, ponds, and coastal areas.
Redheads are large diving ducks that feed by diving below the water’s surface looking for plant tubers and other foods. This species often occurs in large flocks, called rafts, especially during winter months. This duck is known for its rounded, bright red head, two tone bill and gray back.
Redheads are medium-sized ducks with smooth, round heads. Only breeding males have this species' trademark cinnamon-colored heads. Females are covered in light brown plumage. Breeding males also have a black neck, breast and tail, and a gray body. Both males and females have moderately large bills that are colored gray with a black tip.
With a gleaming cinnamon head setting off a body marked in black and business gray, adult male Redheads light up the open water of lakes and coastlines. These sociable ducks molt, migrate, and winter in sometimes-huge flocks, particularly along the Gulf Coast, where winter numbers can reach the thousands.