Mottled Duck

Photo by Steve G
Polk County, Florida, July 2005

Anas fulvigula

Identification

53–58 cm (20¾-22¾ in)

• Dark body
• Lighter head and neck
• Orange legs
• Dark eyes
• Greenish-blue wing patch
  
• Bill

• Yellow in male
• Greenish-yellow in female

Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA, October 2016

Distribution

North America: found around the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• A. f. fulvigula:

• South-eastern US (Florida)

• A. f. maculosa:

• Gulf coast of US (Alabama to southern Texas) and north-eastern Mexico; introduced to South Carolina

Habitat

They can be found on a wide variety of wetland habitats.

Behaviour

Diet

They are omnivorous and opportunistic feeders, their diet consisting of items such as molluscs, aquatic insects and plants.

Breeding

Their nest is built on the ground amongst vegetation.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Mottled Duck. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mottled_Duck

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