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Ducks, Geese, Swans
Ducks, Geese and Swans
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) 2 images			The Black Duck is an average-sized duck that looks a bit like a Mallard duck. The body is dark-brown with a pale face and throat. It has a distinctive black eye-stripe that stretches from the top of the bill through the eye. The male and female... Read more >
White-eyed Duck (Aythya australis) 2 images			The White-eyed Duck is a small brown duck with white eye and blackish bill. Female is paler brown with dark eye and blue-grey bill. Read more >
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) 1 image			The Cape Barren Goose is a large grey goose with short tail, and dark spots on wings. The bill is black, but mostly covered with greenish-yellow skin (called cere). The legs are pink or red. Read more >
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) 6 images			The Wood Duck is a medium-sized duck with a short head. It is light coloured with dark head. Males have black belly and pale grey flanks. Females have a white belly and mottled grey flanks. Females have two white stripes on the face. Read more >
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) 4 images			The Black Swan is a large water bird with all black plumage, except for the red bill, dark grey legs and white tips of the wing feathers. Both sexes are similar, with female slightly smaller and lighter than a male. The cygnets have light grey... Read more >
Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) 2 images			The Grass Whistling Duck has distinctive pale plumed feathers on wings. Makes a distinctive whistling call. Read more >
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) 1 image			The male Blue-billed Duck has a bright pale blue bill and dark head and neck. The rest of the body is chestnut brown. The tail is dark with stiff spiny feathers, and is held upright when the bird is alarmed or is courting. The female has a brown... Read more >
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) 2 images			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. Read more >
Magpie-goose
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata) 2 images			The Magpie Goose has black and white plumage and yellowish legs. The feet are only partially webbed. Can form large and noisy flocks of up to a few thousand individuals. The voice is a loud honking. Read more >