Maccoa Duck | Animalz

Maccoa DuckThe Maccoa Duck is a diving duck with disjunct populations in eastern and southern Africa. The breeding male has a blue bill and chestnut body; the female is brown with a pale eye stripe.What does it look like?In breeding plumage the male has a black head, chestnut body, and blue bill. The female is brown with a pale stripe behind the eye.How does it live?The Maccoa Duck is a diving duck with disjunct populations in eastern and southern Africa. The breeding male has a blue bill and chestnut body; the female is brown with a pale eye stripe.It dives for aquatic invertebrates and algae, as well as seeds and roots of wetland plants. It breeds on shallow freshwater lakes.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.