Black And White Wild Duck Species The shy ruddy duck who conceals itself in cattails the fast flying canvasback or the boisterous canada goose.

Black and white wild duck species A closer look at the head shows glossy green and purple setting off the striking white patch.

Black and white wild duck species. The pictures are useful for quickly identifying an unknown duck. Heading out with your binoculars can be a lot of fun especially when you can spot a few characters in the crowd. Ruddy ducks will interbreed with the endangered white headed duck of southern europe which has caused concern and resulted in a cull of this duck. A buoyant large headed duck that abruptly vanishes and resurfaces as it feeds the tiny bufflehead spends winters bobbing in bays estuaries reservoirs and lakes.

Males are striking black and white from a distance. This is a list of the breeds of domestic duck which have official recognition at national or international level. Sea ducks belong to the merginae subfamily. Many ducks hybridize easily and when domestic escapees or easter ducklings are introduced to wild populations an irresponsible act exact species bloodlines get even more confusing.

The ruddy duck was brought to the uk from north america in the 1940s to enhance wildfowl collections but escapees quickly established themselves in great britain and spread widely across europe. Dark brown head and back light brown breasts and white above the bill. Click on the duck photographs to enlarge them or if you click on the duck s name then it will take. Black with white sides and gray back with lines.

These ducks frequently congregate in mixed flocks on urban and suburban ponds. These ducks are also grouped under the following dabbling ducks diving ducks perching ducks stiff tail ducks sea ducks shelducks and whistling ducks.