Chenonetta jubata

1 Australian Wood Duck at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

	Chenonetta jubata	9 May 2020	Illilanga
	Chenonetta jubata	9 May 2020	JonSteinbeck

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There were a number of Australian Wood Ducks on the main dam at the Aranda Bushland Nature Reserve, including a pair that had 16 ducklings with them. Once they were aware of me the adults slowly shepherded their brood out into the lake, before guiding them to the far bank. The male stayed waterside while the ducklings left the water and the female was also in the water but closer to shore. The male chased away at least one female that he felt was too close. All the birds left the dam to huddle together in the grass on the far bank. A walker came along the trail on the far side so the ducks all headed back into the water. I did not hear a noise from them but they all entered the water again before the walker got close and then the birds started to swim back out to the centre of the dam, where the adult birds stayed on the outside of the group.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.082337 -35.276963
Altitude 579.1m
Maps Aranda Bushland
Places Dunlop, ACT

Sighting information

18 Abundance
18 Apr 2020 09:48 AM Recorded on
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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
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania