Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa

Possibly Australia's most common duck the Black Duck is a common resident or nomad on wetlands throughout Australia. They nest in down-lined tree hollows or grass cups in reeds or grass. The biggest threat to it's survival is drought, wetland loss to agriculture and interbreeding with the introduced Mallard with the resulting offspring being infertile mules.

Daintree Rainforest Wildlife
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust