Grey duck / parera / Pacific black duck / Anas superciliosa. Lake Matheson, Westland Tai Poutini NP, South Island, NEW ZEALAND.

Often called the grey duck in New Zealand, or parera in Maori, the Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. Photographed along Lake Matheson Walking Tracks, near Fox Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, West Coast of South Island, NEW ZEALAND. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.

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Often called the grey duck in New Zealand, or parera in Maori, the Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. Photographed along Lake Matheson Walking Tracks, near Fox Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, West Coast of South Island, NEW ZEALAND. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.