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Canvasback - (Aythya valisineria) 

Identification

  • Large Duck
  • Red-brown head and neck, white body,
             black chest and tail feathers
  • Female has grey back and brown neck

Habitat

  • Marshes, ponds, lakes

Additional Information

  • WI Migrant
  • Nests in Northern Canada/Alaska
  • Populations increasing after 1990's decline

Male Canvasback duck on water

Female Canvasback duck on water

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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