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Aythya novaeseelandiae

Photo by janha

[edit] Identification

[edit] Male

• Black head with purplish or greenish sheen
• Brownish black body with green gloss
• Yellow eye
• During breeding, small white band on the forehead above the beak

[edit] Female

• Brown eye
• Brownish body

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater lakes including hydro lakes and costal dune lakes.

[edit] Behaviour

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