Length: 22-26" (56-67 cm) Description: large goose-like duck, Monotypic (males and females look alike), a reddish-pink bill, pink feet, a white body with chestnut patches and a black belly, and a dark green head and neck. The wing coverts are white, the primary remiges black, and the secondaries green (only showing in flight) and chestnut. Habitat: marshes and estuaries;
Status: Vagrant, Extremely Rare, Vagrant;
Comment: Common in the Euro-Siberian region of the Palearctic, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions, also common around the coastline of Great Britain and Ireland. It was first recorded in Barbados in November 2013 in St. Lucy, which was also the first record for the Caribbean,
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| white and chestnut body, dark green head and neck, and a bright red bill |
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