Pacific Black Duck


Pacific Black Duck in farmland on Sandy Point Road

COMMON NAME: Pacific Black Duck

CATEGORIES: Inlet Farmland

These brown ducks have distinctive facial stripes of black alternating with buff brown.

They are usually seen in pairs or flocks.

You are most likely to see them in surrounding farmland, particularly when fields are flooded after rain.

*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter


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GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.

*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)


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