Medium-sized diving duck with a steep forehead that meets the bill at a sharp angle. Cinnamon-red head, black chest and rear, and gray body. Bill is gray with a black tip.
Medium-sized diving duck with a steep forehead and an abrupt transition to the bill. Medium brown overall with a pale face and a dark gray bill with a black tip.
Forms large flocks during migration and winter. Forages for plant material and invertebrates by taking them from the surface or diving below to reach submerged vegetation.
In flight, wingstripe is grayish rather than white. Flies with shallower wingbeats than scaup.
Rounded head with an abrupt angle between the forehead and bill. Nonbreeding males are brownish overall, like females, but with a warmer brown head. Dark gray bill with a black tip.
Both sexes have a gray bill with a black tip.
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Redheads are medium-sized diving ducks with a smoothly rounded head and a moderately large bill.
Slightly larger than a Ring-necked Duck; slightly smaller than a Canvasback.
between crow and gooseDucks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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