{"id":5724,"date":"2014-03-11T17:27:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T09:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/about-lkcc\/the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup\/blue-billed-duck\/"},"modified":"2014-03-11T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T09:27:42","slug":"blue-billed-duck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/about-lkcc\/the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup\/ducks\/blue-billed-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Billed Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><em>(Oxyura australis)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0 35-44 cm <span class=\"status\">Common<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While often seen and regarded as a local resident, this species has been classified as \u201cvulnerable\u201d in other states.<\/p>\n<p>It is a small duck, low slung in the water and seldom seen on the land. In the breeding season, the male\u2019s beach becomes bright blue, its head black and the back and wings a rich chestnut. It then reverts to dark grey. The female is blackish brown and does not change at breeding. Her bill is scooped (as is the male) and a grey-green colour. She is completely submerged during copulation which follows an elaborate courtship.<\/p>\n<p>Similar species; the females are similar to a female Musk Duck.<\/p>\n<p>This duck, once spotted on the lake adjacent to the third green, received a favourable mention in the weather forecast one Saturday evening (by a former Channel 7 weatherman).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6049\" alt=\"13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/13.jpg\" width=\"536\" height=\"565\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Oxyura australis) Length:\u00a0 35-44 cm Common While often seen and regarded as a local resident, this species has been classified&#8230; <a class=\"read_more_link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/about-lkcc\/the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup\/ducks\/blue-billed-duck\/\"> Read More <i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5824,"parent":6231,"menu_order":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5724","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Billed Duck - Lake Karrinyup Country Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lkcc.com.au\/cms\/about-lkcc\/the-birds-of-lake-karrinyup\/ducks\/blue-billed-duck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue Billed Duck - Lake Karrinyup Country Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Oxyura australis) Length:\u00a0 35-44 cm Common While often seen and regarded as a local resident, this species has been classified... 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