Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata
Elsternwick Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0001 20230512 - a pair. Mane on male very evident.
Notes: AKA Maned Duck. Medium size, smart brown & grey plumage.
Male: dark head w. short
black mane, spotted breast, grey flanks.
non-breeding: partial face stripes. Female: 2 facial
stripes; breast,
flanks heavily mottled; white undertail. Nests in tree hollow. Grazes on short
green herbage near water.
Range from Morcombe©(modified)
Reserve Road, Sandringham, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0014 20181012 - a pair. Mane on male very evident.
Joodalup Lake, SW WA IMG_8797 20190206 - female
Louisa Lake, Kennedy Dev. Rd, FN Qld IMG_3329 20180527 - 2 x male, 2 x female; Plumed Whistling Ducks below
Braeside Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_2803 20230629 - male
Wagga Wagga, S NSW IMG_1938 20081211 - family
Lake Tinaroo, FNE Qld IMG_7750 20240218 - family outing
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0364 20210817 - male
Yanchep NP, Wanneroo, SW WA IMG_7332 20181012 - male
Mordialloc, S Vic IMG_0700 20180425 - breeding pair
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0349 20210817 - female
Flinders, E SA MVI_4283 20090814 - female