Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) - HBW 1, p. 628
French: Erismature à barbillons
German: Lappenente
Spanish: Malvasía de Papada
Other common names: Lobed Duck
Taxonomy: Anas lobata Shaw, 1796, New South Wales = King George Sound, Western Australia.
Eastern population has been assigned separate subspecies menziesi, though doubtfully valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW and SE Australia, Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male bird displaying, using feet to make a splash. Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 8 September 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 4.7 -
A male swimming and diving. Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 6 August 2005 3 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A male displaying Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 31 August 2007 5 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
Female preening. Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 8 September 2009 2 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
Female diving 3 times. Locality West Belconnen Pond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 27 September 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 4 -
A male swimming and diving. Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 6 August 2005 3 years ago 35 sec 4
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This peculiar duck favours deeper expanses of open water and are often encountered behind the break water in the ocean forming l
Locality Nelson, Victoria, Australia
Edward Smith 7 April 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
A male resting in a sunny sheltered spot.
Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 3 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
male, showing off his leathery flap under the bill
Locality Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Dirk Tomsa 25 October 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
male swimming
Locality Coorong National Park, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 2 March 2006 3 years ago 3.4 -
A male Musk Duck resting between periods of display activity.
Locality Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 18 July 2012 42 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male and a female on the water.
Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 August 2010 2 years ago 3.3
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A male bird displaying while swimming, using feet to make a splash. Locality Herdsman Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 8 September 2009 14 weeks ago 5
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