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Redhead
Scientific Name - Aythya americana
Identification Tips:
Length: 14.5 inches
Wingspan: 33 inches
Medium-sized diving duck
Smoothly rounded head
Dark wing with grayish secondaries
Immature female similar to adult female, immature
male is similar to female in autumn, but acquires
alternate plumage during winter
Adult male alternate:
Alternate plumage worn from fall through early summer
Eclipse-plumage male duller than in alternate plumage,
especially about the breast and
Blue bill with white ring before black tip
Yellow eyes
Reddish head and neck
Black breast
Grayish back and flanks
Black tail, upper- and under-tail coverts
Whitish belly
Adult male basic:
Duller than in alternate plumage, especially about
the breast and back
Adult female:
Brown eyes
Dark blue-gray bill with black tip
Brown head and body plumage
Whitish belly
Similar species:
Adult male Redhead in alternate plumage easily is
distinguished from Canvasback by yellow eye, blue
bill with black tip, gray back and different profile.
Females distinguished from female Canvasback by brown
body plumage and blue bill with black tip. Females
can be distinguished from female Ring-necked Duck
by smoothly rounded crown, dark cap and darker brown
plumage.
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