canvasbacks in English

noun
1
a North American diving duck with a long, sloping black bill, related (and with similar coloring) to the pochard, common in Eurasia.
The ponds also attract black ducks, canvasbacks , American wigeons, lesser and greater scaups, green- and blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, and herons.

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1. ‘The plumages of hand-reared mallards, Baldpates, blue-winged teal, shovellers and ring-necked ducks develop more slowly although pintails, redheads and canvasbacks appear similar.’ ‘American Wigeons dominate the marsh this season; their creamy-white crowns are suggestive of their nickname: Baldpates.’

2. Never an overly abundant duck to begin with, there are still only about 700,000 Canvasbacks in North America, compared to about 8.5 million mallards.We hunters have only been allowed to take one Canvasback per day for decades, and in some cases — last year …

3. ‘The plumages of hand-reared mallards, Baldpates, blue-winged teal, shovellers and ring-necked ducks develop more slowly although pintails, redheads and canvasbacks appear similar.’ ‘American Wigeons dominate the marsh this season; their creamy-white crowns are suggestive of their nickname: Baldpates.’