This small duck has a black cap extending below the eyes and a pale blue bill. It eats aquatic plant seeds and insects in high-Andean lakes and wetlands.
It has a black cap extending below the eyes, a white face and neck, and a pale blue bill with a black line. Its coffee-colored body has brown spots, and the upper tail is gray.
In the wild, it is an omnivore that eats seeds of aquatic plants and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.