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The blue-billed duck (Oxyura australis) is a small Australian stiff-tailed duck, with both the male and female growing to a length of 40 cm (16 in). [2] [3] The male has a slate-blue bill which changes to bright-blue during the breeding season, hence the duck's common name.
Plumed whistling ducks Musk duck Black swan Pink-eared duck Pacific black duck. 32 species recorded [20 extant native, 4 introduced, 7 vagrant, 1 hybrid] The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are adapted for an aquatic existence, with webbed feet, bills that are flattened to a ...
Queensland, Australia. Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia but has the greatest biodiversity, ... Blue-billed duck, Oxyura australis (A)
The blue-billed duck (Oxyura australis) is a small Australian stiff-tailed duck, with both the male and female growing to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in). The male has a slate-blue bill which changes to bright-blue during the breeding season, which gives the duck its common name.
Family-level endemism is prominent in Australia. The Australasian biogeographic region has the highest number of endemic families of any zoogeographic region except the Neotropics, and many of these families are endemic to Australia itself — the country therefore stakes a strong claim to be the world's greatest hotspot of bird endemism.
Blue-billed duck; Blue-breasted fairywren; Blue-winged parrot; Bourke's parrot; Bristlebird; Brown cuckoo-dove; Brown gerygone; Brown songlark; Brown thornbill; Brown treecreeper; Brown-headed honeyeater; Budgerigar; Buff-rumped thornbill; Buff-sided robin
This list is based on the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the doubtfuls omitted. It includes the birds of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean and subantarctic islands. Australian call-ups are based on the List of Australian birds.
Blue-bellied roller; Blue-billed black tyrant; Blue-billed curassow; Blue-billed duck; Blue-billed malimbe; Blue-billed teal; Blue-black grassquit; Blue-black grosbeak; Blue-black kingfisher; Blue-breasted bee-eater; Blue-breasted blue flycatcher; Blue-breasted fairywren; Blue-breasted kingfisher; Blue-browed tanager; Blue-capped cordon-bleu ...