Species profile—Malacorhynchus membranaceus (pink-eared duck)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Malacorhynchus membranaceus (pink-eared duck)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Scientific name
- Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801)
- Common name
- pink-eared duck
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1980
- Alternate name(s)
- whistling teal
zebra duck
pink-eyed duck - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1980
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
