Pacific Black Duck: Head

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Waterfowls (Anseriformes)

Family:

Waterbird (Anatidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)

This Photo:

Head

Thank you C. Hewitt (CHewitt1) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
It's very sad, but the Pacific Black Duck is becoming extinct.
The extinction process is via hybridisation with the introduced Mallard Duck. The Mallard is a more aggressive species, and so mates more readily than the native.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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