![\"Australasian](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/australian-shoveler-anas-rhynchotis\/thumbs\/thumbs_australian-shoveler-anas-rhynchotis-3.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tThe Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It ranges from 46-53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They occur in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) is a small dabbling duck. Their breeding habitat is marshes and ponds throughout north and central North America. Their range is all of North America except western and northern Alaska, northern Yukon Territory, northern Northwest Territory, Northeastern Canada. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Brown Pintail (Anas georgica spinicauda), a dabbling duck of the genus Anas, is a sub-species of the Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica). Its range includes Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, and Ecuador They also inhabit some of the subantarctic islands including South Georgia, which lends its name to the species. The nominate race A. g. georgica is thought to number between 1000 and 1500 pairs, and is found only in South Georgia. A. g. spinicauda is thought to number well over 110,000. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Cape Teal, Anas capensis is a 44 to 46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa. This species is essentially non-migratory, although it moves opportunistically with the rains. Like many southern ducks, the sexes are similar. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in southern Australia. The Chestnut Teal prefers coastal estuaries and wetlands, and is indifferent to salinity. This bird is an omnivore. They build down-lines nests in tree stumps or, sometimes, on the ground. Both parents incubate the eggs. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. This duck is found in southern South America, on freshwater lakes, marshes, lagoons and slow flowing rivers. It breeds on the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. It migrates to southeastern Brazil for the winters. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck. Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe into Asia. They are migratory, and winter in the southern and west of Europe. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 7<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides) is a species of duck native to South America, the only member of the monotypic genus Lophonetta. There are two subspecies: L. specularioides alticola (Andean Crested Duck) and L. specularioides specularioides (Southern Crested Duck). The Southern Crested Duck is also called the Patagonia Crested Duck and its range is the Falklands, Chile, and Argentina. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Pekin duck, or Long Island duck is a breed of domesticated duck used primarily for egg and meat production. It was bred from the Mallard in China. The ancestors of those ducks originated from the canals which linked waterways in Nanjing, not Beijing, and originally had small bodies and black feathers. The White Crested Duck is pure white with orange feet and bills. Their appearance is much the same as the Pekin except for their large crest of feathers on the top of their head. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It is abundant, with populations of about 1.5-2 million birds in both North America and Europe, and also large but unknown numbers in eastern Siberia. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 8<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is a steamer duck. It is the most widespread steamer duck, resident in southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Its plumage is very similar to the other three steamer ducks. It is the only steamer duck which can fly, and the only one to occur on inland fresh waters. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) is a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia. The duck is protected by law. Dark in colour with fine off-white speckles all over, it is most easily identified by its large head with a peaked (as opposed to rounded) crown. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor, is a whistling duck which breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the United States Gulf Coast. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Gadwall, Anas strepera is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae. The Gadwall breeds in the northern areas of Europe and Asia, and central North America.The range of this bird appears to be expanding into eastern North America. This dabbling duck is strongly migratory, and winters farther south than its breeding range, from coastal Alaska, south into Central America, and east into Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, Virginia, and then south all the way into Central America. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 11<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their breeding habitat is the taiga. They are found in the lakes and rivers of boreal forests across Canada and the northern United States, Scandinavia and northern Russia . They are migratory and most winter in protected coastal waters or open inland waters at more temperate latitudes. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 13<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a small duck and is the only member of the genus Lophodytes. Their breeding habitat is swamps and wooded ponds on the northern half of the United States or southern Canada. They form pairs in early winter. Hooded Mergansers are short distance migrants and winter in the United States wherever winter temperatures allow for ice free conditions on ponds, lakes and rivers. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal because of its small size, is an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on three small, isolated islands. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t Aythya affinis, the Lesser Scaup, is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. Their breeding habitat is inland lakes and marsh ponds in tundra from Alaska through western Canada to western Montana. These birds migrate south (mostly via the Central and Mississippi Flyways) when the young are fledged and return in early spring, usually arriving on the breeding ground in May. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) is a medium-sized sea duck. Their breeding habitat is in tundra pools and marshes, but also along sea coasts and in large mountain lakes in the North Atlantic region, Alaska, northern Canada, northern Europe and Russia. They are migratory and winter along the eastern and western coasts of North America, on the Great Lakes, coastal northern Europe and Asia, with stragglers to the Black Sea. The most important wintering area is the Baltic Sea, where a total of about 4.5 million gather. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a small, long African stiff-tailed duck. Adult males have a chestnut body, a blue bill and a black head. Adult females have a grey-brown body, with a dark grey bill and a dark brown crown, nape and cheek stripe. This duck breeds in two main areas: eastern Africa from Sudan and Ethiopia to Tanzania and west to eastern Zaire, and southern Africa from Zimbabwe to Cape Province, South Africa. Their breeding habitat is shallow fresh waters, and they are also found in brackish and saline lakes in winter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. It is strongly migratory in the northern parts of its breeding range, and winters farther south. For example, in North America it winters south to Mexico, but also regularly strays into Central America and the Caribbean between September and May. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 15<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. The species was once widespread in eastern Asia, but large-scale exports and the destruction of its forest habitat have reduced populations in eastern Russia and in China to below 1,000 pairs in each country; Japan, however, is thought to still hold some 5,000 pairs. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris), is a medium-sized duck. It used to be included among the dabbling ducks, but is now classed as a diving duck. This duck formerly bred in large numbers in the Mediterranean region, but is now restricted to a few sites in southern Spain and northwest Africa. In the east it survives in Iran (Shadegan Marshes - the world's most important site), as well as isolated pockets in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iraq. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), also known as a the goosander, is a large-sized duck, which is distributed over Europe, North Asia and North America. North American birds migrate south in small groups to the United States wherever ice free conditions exist on ponds, lakes & rivers; on the west coast, some birds are permanent residents. Scandinavian & Russian birds also migrate southwards, but western European birds are largely resident. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a large duck native to Mexico, Central, and South America. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United States, particularly in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Florida as well as in many other parts of North America, including southern Canada. Feral Muscovy ducks are found in New Zealand, Australia, and in parts of Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) commonly Known as a Black teal, is a diving duck species of the genus Aythya. It is endemic to New Zealand. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 1<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a widely-occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. This dabbling duck breeds across northern areas of Eurasia south to about Poland and Mongolia, & in Canada, Alaska and the Midwestern United States. It winters mainly south of its breeding range, reaching almost to the equator in Panama, northern sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South Asia. Small numbers migrate to Pacific islands, particularly Hawaii, where a few hundred birds winter on the main islands in shallow wetlands and flooded agricultural habitats. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 6<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t![\"Blue-winged](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blue-winged-teal-anas-discors\/thumbs\/thumbs_blue-winged-teal-anas-discors-4.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Eider](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/eider-duck-somateria-mollissima\/thumbs\/thumbs_eider-duck-somateria-mollissima-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Flying](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/flying-steamer-duck-tachyeres-patachonicus\/thumbs\/thumbs_flying-steamer-duck-tachyeres-patachonicus-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Freckled](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/freckled-duck-stictonetta-naevosa\/thumbs\/thumbs_freckled-duck-stictonetta-naevosa-4.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Fulvous](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fulvous-whistling-duck-dendrocygna-bicolor\/thumbs\/thumbs_fulvous-whistling-duck-dendrocygna-bicolor-2.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Gadwall](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/gadwall-anas-strepera\/thumbs\/thumbs_gadwall-anas-strepera-7.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Goldeneye](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldeneye-bucephala-clangula\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldeneye-bucephala-clangula-10.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Hooded](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hooded-merganser-lophodytes-cucullatus\/thumbs\/thumbs_hooded-merganser-lophodytes-cucullatus-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Laysan](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/thumbs\/thumbs_laysan_duck_wm2-3.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Lesser](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lesser-scaup-aythya-affinis\/thumbs\/thumbs_lesser-scaup-aythya-affinis.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Long-tailed](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/long-tailed-duck-clangula-hyemalis\/thumbs\/thumbs_long-tailed-duck-clangula-hyemalis-5_0.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Maccoa](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/maccoa-duck-oxyura-maccoa\/thumbs\/thumbs_maccoa-duck-oxyura-maccoa-2.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Mallard](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-8.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Mandarin](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/thumbs\/thumbs_mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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![\"Northern](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/shoveler-anas-clypeata\/thumbs\/thumbs_shoveler_0_wm.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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