Also found in Japan and Egypt. Habitat Temperate coasts and larger wetlands. Characteristics Body white, head and upper neck greenish black. Has broad chestnut breast band with blackish stripe down center of belly. Red bill and red knob at the base of the bill is larger in the male than in the female.
Legs are pink.
This duck flies much like a goose and it walks easily on land. Diet Mollusks, crustaceans, worms, marine weeds, some insects, small fish.