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Hunting seasons for the yellow-billed duck are planned so as not to overlap with the breeding season, which is around July. However, the exact breeding season varies annually based on the climate. [7] Hunting is a major cause of death for the yellow-billed duck with past analysis showing over 25% of duck deaths were due to shooting. [3]
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Forty-five species have been recorded in Illinois.
The fauna of Illinois include a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects (not listed). The state bird is the Northern cardinal . The state insect is the monarch butterfly .
Yellow-billed duck; Yellow-billed pintail; Yellow-billed teal This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 14:29 (UTC). Text is available under ...
A. s. leucostigma Rüppell 1845 (pink-billed black duck) A. s. sparsa Eyton 1838 (South African black duck) Anas melleri Sclater 1865 (Meller's duck) EN C2a(ii) Anas undulata Dubois 1839 (yellow-billed duck) LC. A. u. ruppelli Blyth 1855 (northern yellow-billed duck) A. u. undulata Dubois 1839 (southern yellow-billed duck)
Falkland steamer duck: Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790) 39 Chubut steamer duck: Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981: 40 Torrent duck: Merganetta armata Gould, 1842: 41 Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 42 Comb duck: Sarkidiornis sylvicola Ihering, HFA & Ihering, R, 1907: 43 Knob-billed duck ...
Yellow-billed cuckoo. Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae. The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Three species have been recorded in Iowa. Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris (A) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
Other medium-sized water birds known to have been represented in this species diet include the 1,008 g (2.2 lb) yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata), the 983 g (2.2 lb) African black duck (Anas sparsa), the 596 g (1.3 lb) African swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis) and the 825 g (1.8 lb) red-knobbed coot (Fulica cristata).