PāreraGrey Duck
- Conservation status
- In some trouble
The grey duck has striking facial strips, a leaden grey bill & a green patch of colour (speculum) on its secondary flight feathers. These features separate this handsome native from the blue tinted speculum of the introduced mallard hens & scruffy hybrids.
Campaign Manager
Ian McLean
Ian is the Auckland Regional Representative for Birds New Zealand and has always been interested in the beauty and diversity of birds. The Grey Duck (pārera), is a good looking native that is being out competed by the aggressive introduced Mallard. Grey Duck now have a threat category of “nationally critical”, but amazingly they can still be hunted as a game bird!
Credit - Neil Fitzgerald