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Genus Heteronetta
Black-headed Duck - This is the most basal living member of its subfamily, and it lacks the stiff tail and swollen bill of its relatives. Overall much resembling a fairly typical diving duck. It is a small dark duck, the male with a black head and mantle and a paler flank and belly, and the female pale brown overall.