| . | Canvasback
• Male = Red head and neck. Black chest and rear, white body
• Female = Light brown
• Forehead slopes straight to a long bill |
| . | Redhead
• Male = Red head and neck. Black chest and rear, gray body
• Female= Brown
• Blue bill – Light ring near black tip
• Forehead curves to bill |
| . | Ring-necked Duck
• Male = Iridescent blue head. Black back, gray sides, white mark on the chest
• Female = Brown with pale cheek. Whitish eyering
• Peaked head
• White ring near tip of bill |
| . | Greater Scaup
• Male = Iridescent green head. White sides
• Female = Brown overall. White patch at base of bill
• Blueish bill
• Yellow eyes
• Rounded head |
| . | Lesser Scaup
• Male = Iridescent purple head. Dirty white sides
• Female = Brown overall. White patch at base of bill
• Blueish bill
• Yellow eyes
• Peaked head |
| . | Common Goldeneye
• Male = Iridescent green head, round white spot on cheek. Black back, white sides. White-black lines on side
• Female = Brown head, Gray back and wings. Black bill with yellow tip
• Bright yellow eye |
| . | Barrow’s Goldeneye
• Male = Iridescent purple head, white crescent on cheek. Black back, white sides. White squares on sides
• Female = Brown head. Gray back and wings. Orange bill
• Bright yellow eye |
| . | Bufflehead
• Smallest duck in BC
• Male = Dark head, large white patch wraps around the back of the head. White body, black back
• Female = Gray-brown overall. Oval, white cheek patch |
| . | White-winged Scoter
• Male = Entirely black. Comma-shaped white eye patch. Orange bill with black
knob at the base
• Female = Dark brown. Light patches on head
• White secondary feathers |
| . | Surf Scoter
• Male = All black, except white forehead and nape
– Bill orange, black and white
• Female = Dark brown. Light patches on head
– Large bill |
| . | Black Scoter
• Male = All black with yellow knob at base of dark bill
• Female = Brown. Dark cap, light face |
| , | Long-tailed Duck
• Male = Conspicuous long tail. White head and neck, gray and black patches on side of heads
• Female = Brown and white. White head and neck, faint brown cheek patch |
| . | Harlequin Duck
• Male = Distinctive. Blue, red, black and white
• Female = Brown. Round white spot behind ear
• Breeds on fast-flowing streams |
| . | Ruddy Duck
• Male = Reddish body. Black cap, white cheeks. Blue bill
• Female =Brownish. Blurry stripe across pale cheek
• Stiff tail often upright |
| . | Red-breasted Merganser
• Male = Reddish chest, white neck band. Shaggy green head
• Female = Brown-gray body. Brown shaggy head
• Fades to white neck |
| . | Common Merganser
• Male = White body. Iridescent green head. No crest
• Female = Gray body, white chest. Brown shaggy head
• Sharp transition to white neck |
| . | Hooded Merganser
• Male = Black back, reddish flanks, white breast. Conspicuous white head patch, outlined with black
• Female = Gray-brown. Tan crest |
| . | Mallard |
| . | Northern Pintail |
| . | Gadwall |
| . | American Wigeon |
| . | Eurasian Wigeon |
| . | Northern Shoveler |
| . | Blue winged teal |
| . | Green winged teal |
| . | Cinnamon Teal |
| . | Wood Duck |
