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Anas clypeata
The female is a drab mottled brown like other dabblers,with plumage much like a female Mallard, but easily distinguished by the long broad bill, which is gray tinged with orange on cutting edge and lower mandible. The female's forewing is gray. They are 19 inches (48 cm) long and have a wingspan of 30 inches (76 cm) with a weight of 600 grams (1.3 lb).
This is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some emergent vegetation
Spotted on Mar 5, 2013
Submitted on Mar 16, 2013
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