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Large and chunky stiff-tailed diving duck with a heavy triangular bill.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Floats very low in the water. Both sexes are dark grayish, but male has an obvious lobe of skin dangling from its chin. Bill is much shorter and heavier than Blue-billed Duck.
Usually observed on the water, regularly diving while feeding.
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