Duck, Grey

Description
A male grey duck (Anas superciliosa superciliosa) speciman. Head and hind neck streaked with white. Yellowish white superciliary streak. Uppersurface dark brown. The feathers margined in fulvous white. Dark brown wings with glossy green speculum. Throat fulvous white. Undersurface white streaked with brown.
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Classification
Anseriformes/Birds/Vertebrates/Animals/T&E For Science & Technology
Credit line
See: Neil Deans. 'Game birds - Game birds in New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 16-Nov-12
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/16700/grey-duck 
Accession number
A64.916
Collection type
Ornithology
Natural Sciences

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