This duck has a very special look - almost gangsterlike- with its elegant brown-black-watered suit, white cheek spots and a black bill (the lower half is yellow). In the picture, we cannot see the white back that has given it its name, it is hidden under the wings and is only visible in flight or when it cleans itself. Among other things, it subsists on water lily buds (note the water lily leaves in the picture). To find them, it needs to dive. And the White-backed duck can be under water for more than half a minute and is thus a veritable diver. If it gets scared, it will rather take a dive than to take wing!