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| | Scientific name: Anas rhynchotis
Size: 46 - 53cm
Status: Common
Diet: It feeds at night on aquatic insects and their larvae.
Habitat: Heavily vegetated swamps and floodwaters.
Breeding: Nests are on the ground near water, well hidden in dense vegetation from August to November.
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| | Australian Shoveler
/Australian+Shoveler/$File/Australian+Shoveler.jpg) Not markedly gregarious, it seldom forms large flocks and is extremely wary, avoiding the margins of waterbodies and tending to remain far out from shore, mingling inconspicuously with other ducks. |
