Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Pink-eared Duck)
The Pink-eared Duck is a small duck with a huge square-tipped grey bill and strongly barred brown flanks. It has a large brown eye patch on a white finely barred face. There is a small pink patch behind the eye. Upper parts are brown, underparts white barred dark brown. The upperwing is brown with a white trailing edge and the underwing linings are white, finely barred brown. In flight, there is a bold white crescent on the rump.
Malacorhynchus membranaceus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Riverina Murray | Far West New South Wales | Gippsland | Barwon South West | Central and Barkley
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Species information
- Malacorhynchus membranaceus Scientific name
- Pink-eared Duck Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 803.5m Recorded at altitude
- 181 images trained Machine learning
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Location information
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Maps
Albury Belvoir Park Coombs Ponds Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant Genoplesium plumosum target area Giralang Wetlands Goulburn Mulwaree Council Gungahlin Pond Horseshoe Lagoon and West Albury Wetlands Illilanga & Baroona Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kremur Street Boat Ramp Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Tuggeranong Lanyon - northern section A.C.T. Moss Vale MTR591 at Gundaroo Mulligans Flat Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary Padman Drive Parkland Sturt National Park Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Upper Stranger Pond Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wodonga Wonga Wetlands -
Places
Bungendore, NSW Campbell, ACT Forde, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Isabella Plains, ACT Lake Bathurst, NSW Lake Mackay, NT Throsby, ACT Tibooburra, NSW
