diving duck

noun

: any of various ducks (such as a bufflehead) that frequent deep waters and obtain their food by diving

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Canvasbacks were a favorite diving duck among market hunters during the late 1800s and early 1900s, with individual birds sometimes commanding the outrageous price of $2 per bird. —

M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023 Uniquely handsome, challenging on the wing, widely distributed, and excellent on the table, the canvasback is the paragon of diving ducks, just as the mallard symbolizes the dabblers. —

M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023 However, 99 percent of North American waterfowl will fall into one of two categories, either dabbling ducks or diving ducks. —

M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023 The park is also known for attracting a striking species of diving duck called a redhead. —

Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 6 June 2023 This new dinosaur species closely resembles a deep-diving duck and further highlights the diversity of the species that likely existed during the age of dinosaurs. —

Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022 Among the diving duck species estimated in the survey, scaup (greater and lesser combined) were estimated at 3.6 million, 28% below the long-term average but unchanged from 2019. —

Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 But both of those were diving ducks, which dive underwater for food like loons. —

Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019