Description: The males have a white crown, forehead and rump. The head also has a deep green patch on it and the rest of the body is brownish. The females are a drab brown colour. Both sexes have a white breast, large white wingpatches and blue bills with dark tips.

Range: Alaska, western Canada and the northern United States. They overwinter in northern South America and the West Indies.

Habitat: Found in large grassy areas, marshes, lakes and bays.

General: These ducks feed mainly on grasses, sedges and marine algae.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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