Redhead Photo Gallery
Male
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.
© Bryan Calk / Macaulay LibraryNew Mexico, January 07, 2019Female
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.
© Stephen Davies / Macaulay LibraryMaryland, January 02, 2021Breeding male and female
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.
© Chris Wood / Macaulay LibraryNew York, March 15, 2015Not all videos have soundFemale
In flight, wingstripe is grayish rather than white. Flies with shallower wingbeats than scaup.
© Taylor Abbott / Macaulay LibraryUtah, April 16, 2017Eclipse male
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.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, August 24, 2019Male and female
Both sexes have a gray bill with a black tip.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, December 26, 2012(with Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, and Ring-necked Duck)
Forms large flocks with other duck species, especially in winter on lakes and coastal waters.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, February 27, 2015Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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