The Lonesome Duck is the only duck in Oz. It lives in the Gillikin Country. When Cap'n Bill and Trot were trapped on the Magic Isle it swam "swiftly and gracefully" over to them, astonishing them with its "gorgeously colored plumage." The common Mallard is famous for his sleek green head feathers, and the Pink-headed Duck is, well, pink around the head; but the Lonesome Duck is flashy all over: "The feathers were of many hues of glistening greens and blues and purples, and it had a yellow head with a red plume, and pink, white and violet in its tail."