This duck feeds on plants in wetlands and fields. Breeding males have a green eye stripe and a white crown.
Breeding males have a brownish-gray head, a green stripe behind the eye, and a white crown. Females have a brown body and grayish-brown head.
It nibbles plants from the water’s surface, tips forward to reach underwater plants, and also takes grass and seeds in fields.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.