Usually observed on the water, regularly diving while feeding. Frame by frame analysis (by M.C.)
This display is performed for long periods at a time, both night and day.
Advertising displays of male Musk Ducks 139 Figure 1.Geographic range of Musk Ducks based on Blakers et al. Both sexes are dark grayish, but male has an obvious lobe of skin dangling from its chin. The Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) is Australia’s weirdest waterbird. Floats very low in the water. I have used the k-plonk term in this post to describe the call we heard because this is the term and spelling used in field guides. The male Musk Duck has an energetic courtship display.
He raises and fans the tail over the back, inflates the lobe on the throat, splashes water with vigorous kicks of his feet and throws his head back while uttering a loud whistle. Our genetic results corroborate the display call divergence and Mathews' (Austral Avian Record 2:83-107, 1914) subspecies classification, and confirm that eastern and western populations of Musk Duck are currently isolated from each other. Female Musk Ducks are smaller and have an almost invisible skin lobe under their bills. The video tape was not analysed in detail for this study. Large and chunky stiff-tailed diving duck with a heavy triangular bill. Musk Duck Display In reply to Lynn David Cole • Sep 29, 2012 1 I found this Musk Duck repeating a display on Lake Seppings, Albany, Western Australia. Description of the display At Slimbridge, display bouts by Ml lasted 12 minutes on average (n = 14), while the longest he displayed without interruption This display is performed for long periods at a time, both night and day. Common Whitethroat. Common Linnet.
Australian musk duck Biziura lobata Australische lobeend / Lappenente / Érismature à barbillons The musk duck (Biziura lobata) is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia.It is the only living member of the genus Biziura.This animal derives its common name from the peculiar musky odour it emanates during the breeding season. The male Musk Duck has an energetic courtship display. Vocalisations differed in a fixed, non-overlapping pattern between allopatric Musk Duck populations in southeastern and southwestern Australia. (1) If you have the P&K and Morcombe smart phone Apps then both are worth checking for the recorded male Musk Duck display calls and foot splash however the k-plonk call is only on the Morcombe App. The males have a "leathery flap" under their bill. ( 1984), including recording localities (n=10) in southeastern and southwestern Australia visited between 29 August 1996 and 20 November by jon lees.
Musk Duck display s. by Graham R3 2.
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