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Anas strepera
Breeding males have a patterned grey body, with a black rear end, light chestnut colored wings. Non-breeding males may look more like the female, but still has the wing pattern, and is usually greyer above and has less orange on the bill.[3] The female is light brown, with plumage much like a female Mallard. It can be distinguished from that species by the dark orange-edged bill, smaller size, the white speculum, and white belly.[4] Both sexes go through two moults annually, following a juvenile moult
Winters in migration reservoirs, ponds, fresh and salt water marshes, city parks, sewage ponds, or muddy edges of estuaries.
Spotted these in different locations. These I spotted at small marsh pond. They were the only ducks in the pond.
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Thanks My favorite is the Pintail. Did you view that one on my spottings?
Ooooh my favorite ducks! So elegant!