Freckled Duck - Stictonetta naevosa

Photographed this cooperative bird at Lake Lorne Reserve, Drysdale, Victoria, Australia. Freckled Duck is an enigmatic waterfowl species that very unique attributes for a duck. Stictonetta is relatively basal in divergence compared to other ducks, allied more with swans than true ducks. Some place it into its own tribe Stictonttini.

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