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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