The female has a yellow bill which is spotted or painted with olive gray. Body plumage is dark brown and feathers are thinly edged with beige. The crown is dark and sides of the head and neck are beige or light brown. The top of the wings are dark brown with a dark purple speculum. The under wing is white with grayish colored tips.
Legs are orange-red.
Looks almost identical to the black duck found in the Atlantic flyway. The central Gulf Coast region. This bird does not normally migrate. Diet varies depending on the part of country found. In the eastern united states primarily eats plants by dabbling in bodies of water.