Musk Duck

Biziura lobata - Érismature à barbillons

Systematics

Order
:
Anseriformes
Family
:
Anatidés
Genus
:
Biziura
Species
:
lobata

Descriptor

Shaw, 1796

Biometrics

Size
: 55 à 66 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 1800 à 3100 g

Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Biziura lobata lobata (sw Australia)
Biziura lobata menziesi (se Australia)

Foreign names

Érismature à barbillons,
Malvasía papuda,
pato-de-rabo-alçado-almiscarado,
Lappenente,
lebernyeges réce,
Australische Muskuseend,
Gobbo muschiato,
bisamand,
Pungand,
laločnica potápavá,
kachnice laločnatá,
Bisamand,
helttasorsa,
ànec de papada,
bisiorka,
Лопастная утка,
ニオイガモ,
麝鸭,
麝鴨,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Guide des canards, des oies et des cygnes, Steve Madge
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest