4 – Blue-billed Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Oxyura australis;

Common name: Blue-billed Duck; Alternative common name: Australian Blue-billed Duck – Male / drake - Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in Tasmania and all mainland states except in the Northern Territory; generally absent north of the Tropic of Capricorn and in the deserts.