Mostly Dark Brown / Black Ducks

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Below are images of the different dark plumaged duck species. You can learn about them, and see more photos, by clicking on the photos of birds you are interested in, as they are linked to the respective species page.

Australian Shelduck
Brown Teal
Khaki Campbell Duck
American Black Duck
American Wigeon
Black Scoter
Campbell Island Duck
Cayuga Ducks
Common Scooter
Greater Scaup - Male & Female
Hartlaub Duck
Lesser Scaups
Paradise Shelducks
Ruddy Duck
Scoter Duck
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter
White-winged Scoter
New Zealand Scaup
Rosy Bill
Hardhead Male
Southern Pochard Female
White-crested Duck
Crested Duck
Fuegian Steamer Ducks or Magellanic Flightless Steamer Ducks
Australasian Shoveler - Kuruwhengi - Anas rhynchotis (Anatidae) - Front: Male - Back: Female
Black-headed Duck
Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus
Falkland Steamer Ducks, Tachyeres brachypterus
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