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Pacific Black DuckAlternate name(s): "Black Duck", "Grey Duck", "Australian Wild Duck", "Brown Duck", "Parera"  Aboriginal name(s): "budhanbaa" [yuwaalaraay], "garrangay" [gamilaraay];
"yet", "ngoonana", "bandji" (WA);
"ngari" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung];
"barana", "boorandarra", "currinda", "kooberi", "kooroola", "kumboora",
"kurrungi", "maneroo", "mooree", "mara", "koona"
Size: 48-60 cm; wing span 80-94 cm Weight: 0.87-1.14 kg |
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A large flock of Pacific Black Ducks, together with a few other ducks, was observed by us feeding en masse on a recently ploughed fallow field with a lot of wheat chaff lying on the ground, by the side of Goran Lake, an ephemeral lake 30 km South of Gunnedah, NSW, in March 2023.
Large flock of Pacific Black Ducks feeding on a fallow field
When first found, early in the morning, a large flock of Pacific Black
Ducks was resting in shallow water near the shore of
Goran Lake
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, March 2023]
Large flock of Pacific Black Ducks feeding on a
fallow field
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, March 2023]
The dynamics of the flock were as found in other species feeding in large numbers, with birds walking along while feeding and sub-groups skipping from the end of the moving mass up to the front, before again being overtaken by others following from behind.
Part of a large flock of Pacific Black Ducks moving around before
returning to feed on a
fallow field
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, March 2023]
Part of a large flock of Pacific Black Ducks moving around before
returning to feed on a
fallow field
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, March 2023]
Close-up view of part of the flock for ID of individual birds
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, March 2023]
