Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
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Mike Vincent
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Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
Can any one help me identify the duck I saw at Sulphur Point yesterday. It was bigger than a Scaup more mallard size, it was on it's own.
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Oscar Thomas
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Re: Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
If the underside of the tail is white it is a female White-eyed duck from Australia. But the bill doesn't look right to me so I would assume an abnormally large NZ scaup.
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Mike Vincent
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Re: Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
I'll go back tomorrow for another look.
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sav
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Re: Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
HI
It looks like a NZ Scaup to me. The bill and head-shape are wrong for White-eyed Duck.
cheers
It looks like a NZ Scaup to me. The bill and head-shape are wrong for White-eyed Duck.
cheers
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TheBirderman
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Re: Unusual duck at Sulphur Point Rotorua
The best that I could think of would be the Blue-billed Duck from Australia, but it hasn't been seen in NZ before, not after European Settlement at least.