2 – Pacific Black Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anas superciliosa;

Common name: Pacific Black Duck, or Black Duck – Feeding in a muddy patch - Distribution in Australia: throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania – Distribution outside Australia: New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, east to Pacific Islands and west to Sulawesi and southern half of Sumatra in Indonesia – Note: Outside Australia frequently threatened by competition and interbreeding with expanding Mallard Anas platyrhynchos.