Help duck ID??

[JLRSR5]

My brother shot this yesterday. Can someone help me ID this for sure.

I at first thought black duck or mottled duck. The wing color patch is like blue/teal with hues of purple in some light.

Thanks!

 

[Remington700]

Hard to tell but my guess would be….
After looking at it on my computer and not my phone. Agree with Black duck.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

Black duck hen?

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Black_Duck/photo-gallery

 

[GUNNERX2]

I'm not seeing (from the photos) anything but black duck.

 

[Bone_Chaser]

Looks like a normal black duck to me as well.

 

[younggun308]

Leaning toward black duck, myself. Usually on mottled ducks there's a pronounced black spot where the jaws meet. Not really seeing that here.

 

[gadwall]

Appears to be a female black duck.

 

[drake799]

I love black ducks!!!

 

[JLRSR5]

Awesome thanks everyone!

 

[jwb]

Black duck hen for sure. Not much difference between hen and drake. Drake has more orange bill and hen has a olive colored bill.

 

[Grnwing]

Congrats to your brother on the nice black duck!

 

[Dbllunger]

Very cool and congrats on the black duck.

 

[Spurhunter]

Black ducks matter.