Drake

Male ducks are easily identifiable by their colourful, iridescent plumage. After breeding, the drakes lose their colourful feathers and don their so-called eclipse plumage. During this time, only the yellow bill can be used to tell them apart from the females.

Fun fact: Drakes do not have a brown mark on their bill, unlike females.

Scientific facts:
Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Global home: Worldwide
Conservation status: Least concern