2 – Pink-eared Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Malacorhynchus membranaceus;

Common name: Pink-eared Duck – Resting on water - Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in all mainland states; absent in the western deserts, along the Nullarbor Plain and in Tasmania; this is a nomadic species moving over the whole continent.