Species profile—Biziura lobata (musk duck)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Biziura lobata (musk duck)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Scientific name
- Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796)
- Common name
- musk duck
- WildNet taxon ID
- 2001
- Alternate name(s)
- must duck
mould goose - 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 AustraliaData 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=2001
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
