Female © Evan Lipton
Male © Andrew Allen
Female © Andrew Allen
Male © Marco Valentini
+ 6
Female © Julie Clark
Male © Andrew Allen
Male and female © Michael Daley
© Jim Stone
© Richard Maarschall

Hardhead Aythya australis

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Identification

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Chocolate brown diving duck with white rump and large white panels in the wings. Male has white eyes. Female is slightly paler with dusky eyes. Similar to Musk and Blue-billed Ducks, but Hardhead sits higher in the water, has a white patch on the rump, and lacks a spiky tail.

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