- Anas fulvigula
Identification
Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA, October 2016
Photo by Stanley Jones
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA, October 2016
53–58 cm (20¾-22¾ in)
- Dark body
- Head and neck not as dark
- Orange legs
- Dark eyes
- Teal blue wing patch
- Bill
- Yellow shaded to orange in male
- Orange shaded to yellow in female
Distribution
Juvenile, subspecies maculosa
Photo © by Stanley Jones
South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA April 2017
Photo © by Stanley Jones
South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA April 2017
In North America present in the USA, Central America, Mexico
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- A. f. fulvigula:
- South-eastern [[USA] (Florida)
- A. f. maculosa:
- Gulf coast of US (Alabama to southern Texas) and north-eastern Mexico; introduced to South Carolina
Habitat
Frequents a variety of wetland habitat ranging from those more established to those resulting from seasonal rainfall.
Behaviour
Diet
An omnivorous and opportunistic feeder, they primarily gravitate toward invertebrates found in a wetland type environment, vegetable matter, smaller fish & shellfish, as well as insects.
Breeding
Nest amongst vegetation on the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Bielefeld, R. R., M. G. Brasher, T. E. Moorman, and P. N. Gray (2020). Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.motduc.01
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/697B933E ]. Retrieved 23 June 2021
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Mottled Duck. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mottled_Duck
External Links
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