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 – Female – 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.

4 – Blue-billed Duck

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

4 – Blue-billed Duck

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

1 – Wild – Feral Domestic Goose

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anser anser; Subspecies domesticus;

Common name: Domestic Goose – This is a wild, feral form of a formerly domesticated goose; This Domestic Goose has been selectively bread from the Greylag Goose; In the process of becoming secondarily wild, it is after several wild generations regaining is original Greylag Goose colours – Distribution in Australia: INTRODUCED SPECIES – present on lakes in and around cities in eastern and western Australia – Distribution outside Australia: Domestic Geese are kept and bread on all continents except Antarctica; it became secondarily wild and feral in many places around the globe.

2 – Wild – Feral Domestic Duck

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

Common name: Domestic Duck – This is a wild, feral form of a formerly domesticated duck; Domestic Duck has been selectively bread from the Mallard; In the process of becoming secondarily wild, it is after several wild generations regaining is original Mallard colours – Distribution in Australia: INTRODUCED SPECIES – present on lakes in and around cities in eastern and western Australia where it may interbreed with the Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa – Distribution outside Australia: Domestic Duck is kept and bread on all continents except Antarctica; it became secondarily wild and feral in many places around the globe.

2 – Wild – Feral Domestic Duck

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

2 – Wood Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Chenonetta jubata;

Common name: Wood Duck; Alternative common name: Maned Duck – Male / drake during nuptial display – Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in all mainland states and Tasmania; absent from the tropics and deserts.

2 – Australian Shelduck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Tadorna tadornoides;

Common name: Australian Shelduck; Alternative common name: Mountain Duck – Pair with ducklings; male is the larger, bird with a white ring on its neck – Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in Tasmania and all mainland states except in the Northern Territory; It is a southern species found mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

2 – Australian Shelduck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Tadorna tadornoides;

Common name: Australian Shelduck; Alternative common name: Mountain Duck – Male with ducklings – Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in Tasmania and all mainland states except in the Northern Territory; It is a southern species found mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

2 – Australian Shelduck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Tadorna tadornoides;

Common name: Australian Shelduck; Alternative common name: Mountain Duck – Male – Distribution in Australia: Australian endemic species found in Tasmania and all mainland states except in the Northern Territory; It is a southern species found mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

2 – Australian Shelduck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Tadorna tadornoides;

1 – Magpie Goose

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anseranas semipalmata;

Common name: Magpie Goose; Alternative common name: Pied Goose – Geese with goslings – Distribution in Australia: tropical areas between Kimberley Region of Western Australia through the Top End of the Northern Territory to northern and north-eastern Queensland – Distribution outside Australia: southern New Guinea.

1 – Magpie Goose

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anseranas semipalmata;

Common name: Magpie Goose; Alternative common name: Pied Goose – Flock in flight – Distribution in Australia: tropical areas between Kimberley Region of Western Australia through the Top End of the Northern Territory to northern and north-eastern Queensland – Distribution outside Australia: southern New Guinea.

3 – Wandering Whistling Duck

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Dendrocygna arcuata; Subspecies: arcuata

Common name: Wandering Whistling Duck – Distribution in Australia: tropical areas between Kimberley Region of Western Australia through the Top End of the Northern Territory to north-eastern Queensland – Distribution outside Australia: apart from its northern Australian distribution subspecies arcuata is also found in southern New Guinea; two other subspecies occur further afield through Indonesia to the Philippines.

5 – Mute Swan

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Cygnus olor;

Common name: Mute Swan; Alternative common name: White Swan – Male / Cob – Distribution in Australia: INTRODUCED SPECIES originally from Eurasia became established in Perth Region and some towns in the southwest, such as Northam, Coolbelup and Bridgetown in Western Australia and in northern Tasmania; by now likely elsewhere – Distribution outside Australia: northern, central and eastern Europe including the British Isles, through the central Asia to eastern China.