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Anas platyrhynchos
Drakes in eclipse plumage.Nearly all drakes lose their bright plumage after mating, and for a few weeks resemble females. This hen-like appearance is called the eclipse plumage
Waterbody inside the Royal Preston Hospital.
Spotted on Sep 10, 2017
Submitted on Sep 12, 2017
3 Comments
Thank you, Malcolm Wilton-Jones.
In fact both drakes are going into eclipse. Soon all the Anas ducks will be in eclipse and much more difficult to separate for a few weeks.
These are both drakes, the one behind is going into eclipse plumage. The female is very different. Take a look at picture 4 here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/183...