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Musk Duck
Biziura lobataThe Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. It is the only living member of the genus Biziura. An extinct relative, the New Zealand Musk Duck or de Lautour's Duck (B. delautouri), once occurred on New Zealand, but is only known from prehistoric subfossil bones. It was about 8% longer than the living species, with a particularly large head. Musk Ducks are moderately common through the Murray-Darling and Cooper Creek basins, and in the wetter, fertile areas in the south of the continent: the south-west corner of Western Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. Musk Ducks avoid the far north, the arid west and north-west.
300px male, Sandford, Tasmania, Australia Adult males are 60 to 70 cm long and have a distinctive large, leathery lobe underneath the bill; females are 47 to 55 cm long and unadorned. Their drab dark grey-brown, sightly pin-striped plumage is unconspicuous and does not differ between the sexes. Musk Ducks float very low in the water, almost like a cormorant, and the large webbed feet are well back on the body. The ducklings are covered in dark brown down. In its native range, the fanned tail is distinctive, allowing to distinguish this species from the Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) which has similar size, coloration and habits. The Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) has a similarly shaped tail but the main colour of its males in breeding plumage is a much richer chestnut brown. Females and males in nonbreeding plumage are very similar however and if one is not intimately familiar with the slight differences in behavior, they cannot be told apart from female Musk Ducks at a distance. Male Musk Ducks in the breeding season are usually unmistakable due to the large bill lobe.
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Musk Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. It is the only living member of the genus Biziura. An extinct ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biziura_lobata Biziura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one fossil species. B. lobata Stephens, 1824 – Musk Duck – Widely ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biziura Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) - OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife Musk Duck photos and facts including description, habitat, food, breeding, conservation status www.ozanimals.com/Bird/Musk-Duck/Biziura... Musk Duck | BIRDS in BACKYARDS Biziura lobata ... The male Musk Duck is the largest of Australia's ducks and has a powerful build. birdsinbackyards.net/species/Biziura-lob... Online Musk Duck (Biziura Lobata) Sound Effects - Download Musk ... Soundeffects.ch - professional stereo and 5.1 surround sound Musk Duck (Biziura Lobata) effects in standard or high definition resolution for motion picture sound ... www.soundeffects.ch/surround-sound-effec... Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) - YouTube Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) Filmed at Storm King Dam, S Qld July 1996 using Canon EX1 Hi8 & Sigma 400mm lens. Birding Southern Queensland : Tom Tarrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWOQQ73NVpw Musk Duck - Pictures and facts - Birds @ thewebsiteofeverythi ng.com The musk duck (Biziura lobata) is a “lek-displaying diving duck endemic to deep water wetlands, river systems, and coastal oceanic waters of temperate Australia ... thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/birds... Mangoverde World Bird Guide Photo Page: Musk Duck Biziura lobata This is a Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) photo page of the Mangoverde World Bird Guide. mangoverde.com/birdsound/picpages/pic27-... Musk Duck - BIRD Musk Duck Biziura lobata ... Ducks are highly aquatic, stiff-tailed ducks native to southern Australia. bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Musk_Du... Musk Duck - Australian Birds - photographs by Graeme Chapman Photos of Musk Duck ... Australian Birds Musk Duck Biziura lobata (Viewing 4 of 4 photos) www.graemechapman.com.au/cgi-bin/viewpho... | Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) Video - Music Videos, Politics, and ... Male displaying Perth July 2006 ... The Vanishing Duck tom and jerry 2011 carton for kids new video funny vicky mehta vodpod.com/watch/1219-musk-duck-biziura-... East–west genetic differentiation in Musk Ducks ( Biziura lobata ... RESEARCH ARTICLE East–west genetic differentiation in Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata) of Australia suggests late Pleistocene divergence at the Nullarbor mercury.bio.uaf.edu/~kevin_mccracken/rep... Australian Birds - Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) Australian Birds Skip to content. Site navigation Home; Water birds; Land birds; Urban birds; Water birds navigation Australian Pelican; Black Swan; Little Pied Cormorant www.usability.com.au/resources/ozewai200... Musk Duck - Page d'accueil Musk Duck Biziura lobata. Anseriforme Order – Anatidae Family. BIOMETRICS: Length: 61-73 cm; Weight: M: 1800-3100 g; F: 990-1800 g. LONGEVITY : 20 years and more www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-musk-duck.htm... Local Government Flora and Fauna - Corangamite Shire Local Tree: Local Rare Plant: Local Vertebrate: Eucalyptus ovata var. ovata - Swamp Gum Logania ovata - Oval-leaf Logania Biziura lobata - Musk Duck www.viridans.com/LGA/corangamite.html Victoria University Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science ... 1. Guay, P.-J., Chesser, R.T., Mulder, R.A., Afton, A.D., Paton, D.C., and McCracken, K.G. (In press) East-west genetic differentiation in Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata ... wcf.vu.edu.au/fhesexpertise/Index.cfm?Se... Online Bird Duck Sound Effects - Download Bird Sound Effects - 5 ... Musk Duck (Biziura Lobata) Sound Effects Titel: MuskDuckSounds17177. wav, Birds, Ducks (Anatidae): Musk Duck. Sounds Of Display From Male. Piercing Whistles And ... www.soundeffects.ch/surround-sound-effec... PHYLOGENY AND COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF STIFF-TAILED DUCKS (ANATIDAE ... Notes on a skeleton of the Musk-Duck, Biziura lobata, with special reference to skeletal characters evolved in relation to the diving habits of this bird. J. Linnean Soc ... elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v107n02/p02... Musk Duck - Centennial Parklands Biziura lobata. Description: During spring, Centennial Parklands becomes a dynamic stage for birdlife. With a cast of thousands, there are spectacular breeding performances ... www.centennialparklands.com.au/environme... Stinky seal-ducks. Amazing waterfowl facts part IV : Tetrapod Zoology One of the weirdest of waterfowl has to be the Musk duck Biziura lobata [image above from wikipedia]. This is a lekking species that shows extreme size dimorphism: males ... scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06... |
