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The white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a small diving duck some 45 cm (18 in) long. The male has a white head with black crown, a blue bill, and reddish-grey plumage. The female has a dark bill and rather duller colouring. Its breeding habitat is lakes with open water and dense vegetation at the margin.
Hardheads are smaller than most ducks, with body length typically between 42 – 59 cm.Both sexes are similar in size, ranging from 525 – 1100 g with wingspans of 65 – 70 cm. [4] Both male and female are a fairly uniform chocolate-brown above, with rufous flanks and white undersides (which are often not visible if the duck is in the water).
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Blue-billed duck Male Female Oxyura australis Gould, 1837: Australia: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Ruddy duck Male Female Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) North and South America (+ British Isles, [5] France, & Spain (introduced)) Size: Habitat ...
Adult male Chubut steamer ducks have white heads with a bright yellow/orange bill with a black nail [citation needed] Their webs and feet are yellow/orange with black claws. [citation needed] The rest of their plumage includes mostly grey bodies and white bellies. [citation needed] While the male is molting his bill turns to a duller yellow/orange.
The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America. This species is gregarious, and at favoured sites, the flocks of a thousand or more birds arriving at dawn are an impressive sight. As the name implies, these are noisy birds with a clear three-note whistling call.
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, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. Turkey holds an important wintering population of the endangered white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala).
The male is much larger than the female, and has a large black knob on the bill. Young birds are dull buff below and on the face and neck, with dull brown upperparts, top of the head and eyestripe. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] Knob-billed ducks are generally larger in size when compared to comb ducks, and flanks are usually lighter (light grey, in females ...
Bar-headed goose winter in the wetlands of Pakistan Pakistan has the largest concentration of wintering white-headed duck in South Asia [1] Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. 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, flattened bills ...