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The Pink-headed Duck is a distinctive diving duck species endemic to South Asia. Its most notable feature was its bright pink head, a coloration not seen in other Anseriformes. Once found in wetlands of India and Pakistan, it’s considered possibly extinct due to habitat loss and hunting pressure. Or...
The Canvasback is a large diving duck native to North America, notable for having the longest body of any native diving duck species on the continent.
The Tufted Duck is a Eurasian diving duck that notably expanded its breeding range across Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries, easily identified by the male's dangling head crest.
The Ring-necked Duck is a North American diving duck named for the hard-to-see chestnut collar on the male's neck, wintering primarily in the southern United States.
The Greater Scaup is a circumpolar diving duck that breeds in the Arctic, uniquely notable as the only Aythya species adapted to breed completely in the High Arctic.
The Common Pochard is a diving duck native to Europe and Asia, easily recognized by the male's striking red head and contrasting black chest during breeding season.
The New Zealand Scaup is a diving duck endemic to New Zealand, notable for its compact size and striking dark, glossy black plumage across its entire body.
The Lesser Scaup is a North American diving duck that ranks among the most abundant and widespread species of its kind found across the entire continent.
The Ferruginous Duck is a medium-sized diving duck native to Europe and Asia, notable for its rich rust-colored plumage and strikingly pale white eyes.
The Baer's Pochard is an East Asian diving duck currently listed as critically endangered due to severe population declines from extensive habitat destruction.
The Madagascar Pochard is the rarest duck in the world, having been rediscovered in 2006 after scientists believed the species was completely extinct.
The hardhead is a widespread diving duck native to Australia, notably named for the belief by early collectors that its flattened head lacked distinct underlying cranial muscles.
The white-eyed duck is the only true diving duck native to Australia, commonly called the hardhead, where it inhabits deep, vegetated freshwater swamps across the continent.
The White-backed Duck is a distinctive African waterfowl known for its exceptional diving abilities, residing primarily in marshes across sub-Saharan Africa.
