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WHITE-EYED DUCK FACTS |
Description
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.
Other Names
Hardhead, Copperhead
Size
42 - 58cm
Habitat
permanent swamps and lakes, large open waters, coastal swamps
Food
feed underwater
Breeding
cup made from reeds and sedges close to water amongst reeds or other waterside plants. Lays 9-10 creamy-white eggs.
Range
Murray Darling basin, south east South Australia, south west Western Australia, parts of coastal NSW and southern Queensland.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Anseriformes | | Family: | Anatidae | | Genus: | Aythya | | Species: | australis | | Common Name: | White-eyed Duck |
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