Pacific Black Duck

Taxonomy

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Anas

eBird Code

pabduc1

Subspecies (2)

• Anas superciliosa pelewensis

  northern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, southwestern Polynesia from Caroline Islands and Fiji eastward to the Society and Austral islands

• Anas superciliosa superciliosa

  Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi region, Moluccas, southern New Guinea including Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea), Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand (where now extensively hybridized with Mallard), including the Chatham Islands