< Back | Name: | Canvasback | | Family: | Diving Ducks | | Scientific Name:
| Aythya valisineria | | Description: | Canvasbacks are large and sleek with a long, sloping head. Drakes have a white body, black chest and tail, and rusty red head. Females are grayish brown with slightly darker chest and tail. Both have long, black bills. | | Habit: | They frequent natural or man-made open-water wetlands, where they feed on plants, seeds, snails and insect larvae. Canvasbacks commonly nest in western North America from Alaska to the Great Lakes. Females lay 5-11 eggs in nests made in cattails and bulrush over permanent prairie wetlands. | |
State Occurrence:
| Canvasbacks can be found throughout the state during winter but are most common on large, open reservoirs along major rivers. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge USFWS Female and male |
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