Anatidae

An erect pale-brown duck with pathcy pink bill, long pink legs and upswept cream flank-plumes; throat and underparts pale; sides of chest reddish, finely barred darker. Immature: paler.

Nocturnal, Loud whistling call During the day cluster densely on the ground near water and at night stream out in groups to feed elsewhere on the plains. During dry season gregarious, gathering in flocks.

Wetlands Grassland, Streams; lakes and swamps; inland waters; floodplains; mangrove creeks; estuarine pools.

September October November December, 8 to12; pale cream, nest ground hollow lined with grass.Incubation by both sexes 28 days.

Kakadu National Park

Herbivore, Grass and other herbage.