Family
Anatidae
Description
Very dark duck, short neck, head large and peaked at rear. Bill has a markedly scooped-out look. Breeding male: dark-grey with bright-red base, which fades after breeding. Plumage balckish brown, finely freckled pale-buff to whitish; underpart paler. Female: paler, duller; bill grey. Immature: lighter brown, freckled buff.
Habits
Small parties to flocks of hundreds, often far from shore by day, feeds by filtering, upending, wading.
Habitat
Wetlands, Lakes swamps; heavily vegetated swamps; floodwaters.
Notes
Rare Vagrant
Breeding
September to December, 5 to12; nest grass and herbage in or near water.
Diet
Omnivore, Aquatic life and plants.
Details
Common Name: |
Freckled Duck |
Scientific Name: |
Stictonetta naevosa |
Sub Order: |
Unavailable |
Order: |
Anseriformes |
Class: |
Aves |
Category: |
Endemic |
Status: |
Near Threatened |
Size: |
480 - 590 mm. |
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