Pacific Black Duck

Anas superciliosa - Canard à sourcils

Canard à sourcils
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anas

  • Species
    :

    superciliosa

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 61 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 82 à 93 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1114 à 1340 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Canard à sourcils
adult
Canard à sourcils
adult

Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Anas superciliosa superciliosa (Sundas to w New Guinea, w Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand)
  • Anas superciliosa pelewensis (n and c New Guinea to Solomon Is. and French Polynesia)

Foreign names

  • Canard à sourcils,
  • Ánade cejudo,
  • pato-de-sobrancelhas,
  • Augenbrauenente,
  • szemöldökös réce,
  • Wenkbrauweend,
  • Germano del Pacifico,
  • stripand,
  • Stripeand,
  • kačica pruhohlavá,
  • kachna pruhohlavá,
  • Tøjleand,
  • juovanaamasorsa,
  • ànec cellut,
  • kaczka pacyficzna,
  • Серая кряква,
  • Itik alis,
  • マミジロカルガモ,
  • 太平洋黑鸭,
  • 澳洲灰鴨,

Voice song and cries

Canard à sourcils
adult

Habitat

Canard à sourcils
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 22-03-2015
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