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Blue-billed Duck
Oxyura australis Gould, 1837
Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
Blue-billed Duck, Oxyura australis, is a duck of south-western and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, where it occurs in temperate inland wetlands and also in artificial wetlands such as sewage ponds. It is a stiff-tailed duck of the family Anatidae. The male gives the species its name, with a bill that turns bright blue in the breeding season, and it also shows deep chestnut plumage at that time before returning to dark grey. The female keeps black plumage with brown tips throughout the year. It was described by Gould in 1837.
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
- Breeding range
- Australasia: sw WA, sw QLD to s VIC and se SA and Tasmania (sw, se Australia)
