Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds.
Duck - Pekin
Alternative Name
Domestic Duck, White Pekin Duck Scientific Name: Anas domesticus
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Duck Survey
The wetlands by the Bird House, six different pools, were surveyed in the winter of 2005/2006 for the number and type of waterfowl present.
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common name for wild and domestic waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and swans. It is hunted and bred for its meat, eggs, and feathers.
Duck Wild and domestic waterfowl of the same family as the goose and the Swan. And it is often hunted and bred for its meat, also its eggs and feathers. Strictly speaking, duck refers to the female and Drake to the male .
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Three ducks at village pond in Weston
04/22/11
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Duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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Where are they found? Australia ...
Also Called: Duck-mole
The platypus has a flat, streamlined body. They have a muzzle shaped like the bill of a duck, webbed feet, and a tail like that of a beaver. The bill is not hard like that of a bird.
Breeds: The Pekin Duck is a common farm duck. The ducklings are bright yellow; adults are white. They were brought to America from China in the 1870's.
Duck Habitat
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Koloa, Anas wyvilliana, are similar to and probably derived from the mallard. They are also known as Hawaiian ducks or Koloa maoli.
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus)
Status Rare to locally uncommon in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds.
Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)
(aka Argentine Blue-billed Duck)
This bird is distributed in Southern South America, mainly Chile and Argentina, but is a winter (i.e. July) migrant to southern Brazil and Paraguay.
Wood duck Aix sponsa
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Length: 13.5 inches Wingspan: 28 inches
A medium-sized duck with a long crest on head
Long-winged and long-tailed
Blue-green speculum with white rear border ...
Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) is a widespread breeding resident in India. Locally called Nakta, this bird is found in large freshwater wetlands. They tend to prefer places that are away from human settlements.
PIED DUCK
[Labrador Duck. EXTINCT.]
FULIGULA LABRADORA, Lath.
[Camptorhynchus labradorius.] ...
WOOD DUCK FACTS
Description
In the breeding season, the male Wood Duck has iridescent green and purple head with long drooping green crest. There is a thin white line from the bill, over the eye, to the back of the crest.
Ruddy Duck Photos
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Ruddy Duck 1 - Breeding Plumage Male ...
Masked Duck
Oxyura dominica
Photographs © David Sarkozi 1994
Last updated 3/26/96 Masked Ducks have been reliable winter birds at Brazos Bend State Park. I think they are permanent residents.
Bombay duck
The Bombay duck or bummalo (Harpadon nehereus, Bengali: bamaloh, Gujarati: bumla, Marathi: bombil) is, despite its name, a lizardfish.
Redhead Duck (Aytha Americana)
You can see this interesting species of duck in our New England Farmyard. The males have a deep 'meow'
or 'purr' when they call, while the females call with a typical 'squawk' or 'quack'.
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Habitat Narrow stretch of riparian corridor along the Rio Grande. Prefer sheltered water with trees.
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a widespread and fairly common duck of much of North America. Unlike most other ducks, this species is often found in thickly wooded, watery habitats including swamps, woodland marshes and river bottoms.
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
No photo of the Wood Duck available.
The Wood Duck is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
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Wood Duck: Small tree duck with brown back, white throat, and purple-brown breast with white flecks grading to a white belly; flanks are buff-yellow.
Wood Duck
The Wood Duck is a common bird in North America, but one of the most beautiful. It is about 20 inches long and usually weighs 1 1/4 pound. But its wingspan is 29 inches! ...
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Dry and semidry sites near water, on hummock, or in clumped bushes at water's edge, occ over shallow water. Building does not precede laying, but begins by 3rd-4th egg.
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos - Female
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Wood Duck Behaviour
No observations regarding Wood Duck behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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Wood Duck Male (drake)
Wood Duck Female (hen)
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Mallard Duck
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Mallards in New Zealand were derived from both European and American stock. In New Zealand they interbreed with Grey ducks (Anas superciliosa) and hybrids are common.
The Wood Duck is a medium-sized duck weighing one to two pounds and measuring 19 to 21 inches from bill tip to tail end. The drake is a dramatic, colorful bird with green and purple iridescence on the head, and a droopy crest.
Falcated duck (Anas falcata)
Brent goose (Branta bernicla)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis)
White-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
Yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica) ...
The wood duck is Minnesota's most colorful duck. It is commonly found near lakes and wooded potholes, where nuts, berries and other food sources are easily found. Wood ducks nest throughout Minnesota and readily use man-made nest boxes.
Freckled duck - species profile (PDF - 527KB)
Freckled Duck - profile
Scientific name: Stictonetta naevosa
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable ...
The wood duck has made a remarkable recovery and is no longer on federal or international lists of threatened species. Its populations are so healthy that the species can once again be hunted in limited numbers.
The tufted duck is a medium-sized diving duck, smaller than a mallard. It is black on the head, neck, breast and back and white on the sides. It has a small crest and a yellow eye.
Hartlaub's duck, Hartlaub duck, Hartlaub's goose, Hartlaub's teal
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The female duck quacks and the male duck has a more nasal sounding call.
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The mottled duck is a close relative to the more widely dispersed mallard. This close relationship with the mallard is evident with their very similar looks and vocalization.
The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) is a non-migratory, close relative of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).
Mandarin duck dive
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First footage of mandarin duck chicks leaving their perilous treetop nests.
The mandarin duck has a glossy greenish-black forehead that turns to purple as it slopes to a crest at the back of the head. The sides of the head are white with chestnut in front of the eyes.
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
Described by: Fraser (1839)
Alternate common name(s): Philippine Mallard
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
2007 to 2011: Possible but not likely
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
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The female Wood Duck is duller, has a gray bill, white face patches and throat, brownish gray head and neck, brownish gray breast with white and a dark brown back.
Patagonian Crested Duck
Lophonetta specularioides specularioides
Local Name: Grey Duck
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands, Chile and Argentina
Length: 52cm.
Falklands Population: ~10,000 breeding pairs
World Population: unknown ...
White-headed Duck is one of the rarest bird species in the world, with a world population of no more than 15,000 birds.
Range The American black duck breeds in eastern and central North America from Manitoba and Labrador to Texas and Florida. It winters from southern Minnesota and Nova Scotia south to southern Texas and central Florida.
Another special thing that the duck has is its water-proof feathers. There is a special gland that produces oil near the duck's tail which spreads and covers the outer coat of the duck's feathers, making it water-proof.
Duck, Crested Lophonetta specularoides Found: South America
The Crested Duck is quite similar in appearance to the Marbled Duck which is found in the Old World.
7. Duck trifecta: Ring- necked Duck female in foregound, Red-breasted Merganser in the middle, female Common Merganser in the back; from Lloyd Lake, Golden Gate Park.
Wood Duck
Did you know that wood ducks will actually nest in a nest box? They are gorgeous, entertaining birds. Learn how to attract wood ducks to your yard, and listen to their song.
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The word "duck" may have become an inherently funny word in many languages because ducks are seen as a silly animal, and their odd appearance compared to other birds.
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The Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.
Duck-billed platypuses are one of three species of monotremes. These species are unique among mammals in that they retain the ancestral characteristic of egg laying.
duck-whales
the two types of the duck-whales is named in the English "Bottle-Nosed Whales", since steeply the forehead-part particularly with old males through hi...
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 See also: Mallard, Teal, Pigeon, Fly, Eagle
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