Redhead Ducks are 18-22″ long. The reproducing male Redhead has a huge, round, splendid ruddy chestnut head and neck, a short blue bill with a dark tip, and yellow-orange eyes. It has a light black body with a dark breast, dark back end and tail quills. In overshadowing the male is like the female yet at the same time has a ruddy tan head. His body is tan yet is darker on the breast; his eyes are yellow. The female Redhead is a paler tan in shade. She likewise has an adjusted head with a pale blue bill and a dark tip. A light fix might be found at the base of her bill and her eyes are tan. Both genders have wide light black wing stripes and like most swooping ducks, their ash legs are far separated which makes it hard for them to stroll ashore. Juvenile Redheads are like the grown-up female
