Red-legged duck

The American Black Duck is a large dabbling duck.

The Red-legged duck is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

that large red-legged duck with the wig-like curly extention to the head coat, lower left corner. What on earth is this? I once encountered a life free bird at an area yacht harbor within a mallard flock, that is an almost perfect match, but no depiction in any serious birding manual. At http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/h/p-hondecoeter1.htm is an other painting from around 1680, where male Anas clypeata and male Anas penelope seem to find a bit comfort together in a dry "barnyard" full of huge peafowl. More