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Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)

The plumed whistling duck is a whistling duck that breeds in Australia. It is a predominantly brown-coloured duck with a long neck and characteristic plumes arising from its flanks. The sexes are similar in appearance.The range is eastern, northern and central Australia from the Kimberley across the Top End and Cape York, down to southern Queensland and northern New South Wales on the east coast, although may reach northwestern Victoria inland, in the vicinity of the Murray River. It is also found in New Guinea. The preferred habitat is tall grassland and savanna, often near bodies of water. Rather than diving for food in bodies of water like other ducks, the plumed whistling duck feeds by cropping grass on land.

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