Mottled Duck Photo Gallery

Warm dark-brown body contrasting with pale buffy head, dark brown cap, and eyeline. Female's bill is black with orange-yellow tip.

Forages for seeds, vegetation, and insects by dabbling in shallow marshes and flooded fields.

In flight shows contrasting white underwings and dark blue secondaries with little or no white borders in the wing.

Male has a bright yellow bill; female has a mostly blackish bill with yellow tip.

Strong contrast between dark brown body and pale buffy head, with few or no markings on the throat.

Warm dark-brown body contrasting with pale buffy head and dark brown cap. Bright yellow bill with small black spot at the gape.

In flight, note pale head and underwings contrasting with dark body.

Ducklings are fluffy and dark brown with pale yellowish faces and a dark eyeline.

Occurs in shallow marshes, wet prairies, flooded fields and ditches, and other wetlands of the southeastern U.S. and Mexico.

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