Duck Fact Cards

DUCK FACT CARDS

Is the ancestor of most Mallard domestic ducks

Has an orange Lives in wetlands and brown bill © Richard Bartz/CC 2.5 © Richard Bartz/CC Has different plumage Eats water plants for males and females and small animals

Is the most common The scientific name is Is hunted duck in New Zealand Anas platyrhynchos

Has bright orange Is an invasive pest Has no Māori name legs and feet

Females don’t have Scaup yellow eyes © Raewyn Adams/NZ Birds Online Birds Adams/NZ Raewyn © Has several Males have

different names yellow eyes

Is found in many lakes Is not threatened and rivers but is protected

Food includes snails, The scientific name is Is endemic caddisfly larvae Aythya novaeseelandiae

Is a dark brown/black Is the only true diving The Māori name is colour duck in New Zealand pāpango

© Copyright. 2017. University of Waikato. All rights reserved. | www.sciencelearn.org.nz Has bright Grey teal crimson eyes Tony Whitehead/NZ Birds Online Whitehead/NZ Birds Tony © Has pale cheeks Has a dark grey bill

Is smaller than Is not threatened the mallard and but is protected grey duck

Eats small aquatic Is mostly The scientific name is invertebrates grey-brown Anas gracilis and seeds

Lives in freshwater Has naturalised lakes, lagoons The Māori name is tētē from Australia and swamps

New Zealand shoveler Has yellow eyes

Females have a Males have a brown bill black bill

Males and females are Is not threatened very different and not protected Michael Hamilton/CC 2.0 Hamilton/CC Michael ©

The scientific name Eats plankton, seeds Has a spoon-shaped bill is Anas rhynchotis and invertebrates variegata

Lives in freshwater The Māori name is Is endemic wetlands kuruwhengi

Is darkish brown Is a reluctant flier

Has the lowest Eats invertebrates and numbers of any vegetation New Zealand duck

The South Island species The scientific name is is extinct, and the North Is a dabbling duck Anas chlorotis Island species is at risk – recovering

Was common in The Māori name is kahikatea forest Is endemic pāteke swamps

Is one of only a few Blue duck torrent ducks in the world

Lives in fast-flowing, Is very well clean rivers and camouflaged streams

Is a small, Has a soft, rubbery bill blue-grey duck

Is a nationally The scientific name Eats invertebrates vulnerable species and is Hymenolaimus from the surfaces is protected malacorhynchos of rocks

Is pictured on the Is endemic The Māori name is whio $10 note

Usually live Has striking plumage in pairs

The scientific name is Has benefited from Is not threatened Tadorna variegata human impact

Inhabits a wide The Māori name is Is endemic range of habitat pūtangitangi

Most were domestic Muscovy duck ducks

Has a red-wattled Is mostly white face around a pale brown beak

Eats plant material and Often roosts small aquatic organisms in trees at night

The scientific name is Is not threatened Is not protected Cairina moschata

Lives in swamps and Was introduced Has no Māori name freshwater

Is darkish brown Is not protected

The scientific name Is critically endangered is Anas superciliosa Is endemic superciliosa

Is often mistaken Lives in wetlands The Māori name is for a mallard and streams pārera