Canvasback Photo Gallery
Male
Large diving duck with a sloping forehead and a stout neck. Breeding males have black chests and rears with a white body.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, May 12, 2011Female
Large diving duck with a sloping forehead and a stout neck. Females have pale bodies and dark chests and rears.
© Daniel Irons / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, January 12, 2019Breeding males
Note gracefully sloping forehead transitioning to bill, and clean white back.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, March 07, 2015Not all videos have soundFlock
In flight, note dark neck, head, and rear with white body and underwings.
© Sean Fitzgerald / Macaulay LibraryNorth Dakota, April 11, 2017Eclipse male
Nonbreeding males are browner than breeding males.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, August 25, 2019Female (with Redhead)
Sloping head shape and paler body distinguishes Canvasback (middle) from similar Redhead (left).
© andrew aldrich / Macaulay LibraryGeorgia, March 13, 2017Female
Large brownish duck with gracefully sloping forehead and bill.
© Daniel Irons / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, April 02, 2017Male and female
Breeds in small lakes, deep marshes, sheltered bays of large freshwater and alkali lakes, ponds, sloughs, potholes, and shallow river impoundments.
© David Disher / Macaulay LibraryNorth Dakota, June 14, 2014Male
In flight, note male's dark head and neck contrasting with whitish back.
© Caroline Lambert / Macaulay LibraryAlberta, May 08, 2019Habitat
In winter found in deep freshwater lakes and coastal waters including brackish and saltwater estuaries, shallow bays, and harbors. Often in large groups.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, February 18, 2011Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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