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FRECKLED DUCK FACTS
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Description
The Freckled Duck is dark brown duck with white or pale brown speckled markings. It has a large head with upturned bill. During the breeding season the male's bill turns red at the base.
Other Names
Canvasback, Oatmeal Duck, Speckled Duck, Diamantina Duck
Size
54cm
Habitat
fresh water swamps and creeks with dense bulrushes or tea-tree vegetation. They prefer to rest in dense cover.
Food
algae, seeds, grasses, sedges, small invertebrates.
Breeding
The Freckled Duck builds a nest near water level from woven twigs with a layer of down. A clutch of five to fifteen eggs is laid. It breeds in temporary swamps created by floodwaters in river systems such as the Bulloo and Murray Darling, and also the Lake Eyre basin.
Range
south east and south west of Australia, occurring as a vagrant elsewhere. It breeds in large temporary swamps created by floods in the Bulloo and Lake Eyre Basins and the Murray Darling System
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Anseriformes | | Family: | Anatidae | | Genus: | Stictonetta | | Species: | naevosa | | Common Name: | Freckled Duck |
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