Chenonetta jubata

Australian Wood Duck at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Chenonetta jubata	25 Jul 2019	Illilanga
	Chenonetta jubata	24 Jul 2019	ruthkerruish

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Seeing these 6 ducks at the same site as previous sitings is great, previously there has only been 2 each year. Sometime mother duck with chicks invades houses and occasionally has been boxed and transferred to the lake. Photo by J. Gralton.

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ruthkerruish wrote:

7 Oct 2019

Above photos taken 25-6-2019.
But on 25-9-2019, 5 adult ducks were seen wandering in the vicinity of the breeding trees, eventually leaving the area with no ducklings! Duck eggs had been found earlier on the ground below the breeding trees after a very windy period. Ducklings when on the ground also have to contend with being eaten by foxes and cats and chased by dogs!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.099944 -35.339633
Altitude 624.7m
Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Garran, ACT

Sighting information

6 Abundance
23 Jul 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by
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ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans) Water birds Birds

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Chenonetta jubata Scientific name
Australian Wood Duck Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1064.8m Recorded at altitude
884 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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