The American wigeon (in allusion to its white-crowned head).
‘There is every probability that these missiles land on parked cars and windows, if not on baldpates.’
‘Arctic terns, Mew gulls, scaup, shoveler, buffleheads, baldpates, yellow legs and various passerines were observed.’
‘Examples of dabbling ducks are the mallards, cinnamon teals, shovellers, green and blue-winged teals, pintails, black ducks, baldpates and gadwalls.’
‘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.’
‘Recent changes in the distribution of waterfowl species have been noted, such as a decrease of baldpates and swans, and a concomitant rapid increase of pintails.’
‘A winter census of a lake in Arizona may include a thousand coots, a thousand gadwalls, a thousand baldpates, and assorted other species in lesser numbers.’
‘They arrived in Omaha last night from Bancroft, where they had a remarkable three days’ shoot on widgeon and baldpates.’
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