Oxyura australis
Blue-billed Duck at Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
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| Oxyura australis | 25 Jul 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Oxyura australis | 15 Jul 2020 | BenW |
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User's notes
Very blurry photos - bird seen from road, blue bill and black head distinctive (though the stiff tail was not observed) and pointing towards blue billed duck rather than hardhead.
1 comment
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
15 Jul 2020
It was very windy when I went at midday today and not a bird except for a single coot on the choppy water :(
Location information
- Coordinates 149.165750-35.315896
- Maps Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Jul 2020 12:27 PM Recorded on
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- BenW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxyura australis Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Oxyura australis Scientific name
- Blue-billed Duck Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 707.2m Recorded at altitude
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