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Long-term BBS trends
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1.46 (0.231 - 2.8)|
Mean abundance (number of birds detected per 5 min. point count) and percentage of squares occupied by region Bird Conservation Regions [abund. plot]
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Atlas Results
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Note: During all years of the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas drought conditions persisted and the Atlas range maps for all waterfowl, waterbirds, and wetland-associated species should be viewed as characteristic of distribution and abundance during dry conditions. Read the full drought statement here.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The Redhead is a medium-sized diving duck, aptly named for the rusty red head of the male. Redheads form pair bonds on the wintering grounds, where the male attracts potential mates by throwing his head back and mewing like a cat. On the breeding grounds, the females will often indiscriminately lay their eggs in the nests of their own and other species of ducks. Rare and local in eastern North America, the Redhead is primarily a breeding bird of the west, from Alaska south to central Mexico and east to Iowa. In winter, it spreads more widely across the continent, from the southern US as far as Mexico, Guatemala, and Jamaica.
Redheads prefer deep, semi-permanent and permanent wetlands with extensive stands of emergent vegetation for nesting. During migration, they may be seen on any water body deep enough for diving.
The Redhead is a common summer resident in the parklands and Cumberland Delta, an uncommon resident in the rest of the southern boreal region, and rare and local in the northern boreal region (Cluff and Wintego Lakes). It is also uncommon in the grasslands (Smith 1996).
Original text by Pauline Bloom. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Redhead in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Redhead in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=REDH&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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