Hardhead
Aythya australis ‡
Tyto Wetland, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_1351 20180509 - male x2 + female.CLICK for pair at Hastie's Swamp NP, FNE Qld 20251109.
Notes: Our only diving duck. Chocolate brown
w. white rump, belly. Flight feathers white w.
brown tips,
brown upper-wing coverts. Male: white eye, bi-coloured bill.
Female: paler; dark
eye. Juvenile: like slim female, buff
suffusion. Deep fresh-water lakes, dams, sewage ponds;
occasionally feeds in pastures.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Adelaide Botanic Gardens, SE SA IMG_5851 20181205 - male
Karkarook Park, Melbourne, SC Vic IMG_1367 20171111 - female
Hastie's Swamp NP, FNE Qld IMG_2004 20251109 - male. CLICK for female.
Elsternwick Park, Melbourne, SC Vic IMG_0514 20210826 - male. CLICK for female.
Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3453 20210122 - female. CLICK for male w. Grey Teal.
Rocky Dam, Flat Creek Station, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_7175+7173 20200624 - male. CLICK for male wing stretch w.female, Pink-eared Duck & Grey Teal. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic 20230414.
Myall Lakes NP, EC NSW IMG_0026 20170220 - juvenile
Elsternwick Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0520+0519 20210826 - first female then male.
Springfield Lakes, SE Qld MVI_3403 20190703
Innot Hot Springs, FN Qld MVI_1911 20170416