Slim-profiled and long-bodied diving duck with a long, thin bill. Breeding males have a cinnamon chest, a white neck band, and a shaggy green head.
Slim, long-bodied diving duck with a long, thin bill. Female/nonbreeding males are brownish gray overall with brownish chin and dingy breast.
Note slender body, ragged crest, and narrow, straight bill.
In flight, note thin neck, dark breast, and dark back. Tends to fly at an angle, with the head higher than the feet.
Slender diving duck with a thin neck and a long, thin bill. Female/nonbreeding males have a brownish head and neck and a dingy breast.
Immature males look like messy breeding males.
Female/nonbreeding males have a brownish head with a shaggy crest. The color on the neck blends gradually into the chest without distinct white patches.
Males dunk their chests and raise their heads and rears in a "curtsey" display for females.
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A large, slim, and long-bodied diving duck with a fairly long neck and a long, thin, serrated bill. A shaggy crest of feathers gives the head a distinctive profile.
Larger than a Ruddy Duck, smaller than a Common Loon.
crow-sizedDucks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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