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Anas castanea

[edit] Identification

Male - dark brown upperparts and wings, dark green-purple wing panel edged white, brown underwing, chestnut neck, breast, flanks, green head, black undertail, white patch, dark red eye, blue grey bill, green grey legs and feet. Female - dark brown and grey mottling, pale, brown streaked throat, dark eye stripe.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands, coasts, estuaries, freshwater lakes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds, insects, vegetation, molluscs and crustaceans.

Monogamous, they nest over water, in hollow tree stumps, lining the nest with down. Only the female incubates the eggs.

[edit] References

Birds in Backyards

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