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Birds of Australia

Common Name: Australian Wood Duck a.k.a. Maned Duck

Scientific Name: Chenonetta jubata

maned Duck (Wood duck) - Male

Male Australian Wood Duck, Budgewoi, NSW Dec 2012.
Australian Wood Ducks were previously known as Maned Duck (or Goose) however the IOC and Clements who have retained the original name. As it is often called a Wood Duck for short causing confusion with the American species which is officially called the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa).

maned Duck female

Female Australian Wood Duck, Budgewoi, NSW Dec 2012.

A pair of Wood Ducks

A pair of Australian Wood Ducks - male on left at Budgewoi, NSW April 2014

female Wood Duck

Female Australian Wood Duck at Budgewoi, NSW April 2014

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