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Australian
Wood Duck -
Chenonetta jubate
Sometimes resident.
Common. Male has dark brown head and neck, female paler with light stripes
above and below eye. Dabble in shallow water, graze in grasslands. Nest
in tree hollows.
Voice: rising,
nasal 'gnow', staccato chutter.
Call
1: A duck gives the 'gnow' call several times, then chutters before
giving more 'gnow' calls. A Crimson Rosella calls a few times in the
background and raindrops punctuate the recording.
Male
Female
Photographs
and sounds courtesy Merilyn Browne.
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