BREEDING OF MANED DUCK AND OTHER WATERBIRDS ON EPHEMERAL WETLANDS IN NORTH-WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES
| Posted: |
15/08/2021 |
| Author(s): |
S. V. Briggs, Wayne Lawler |
Ephemeral wetlands on Nocoleche Nature Reserve in north-western New South Wales flooded
and dried three times between October 1985 and October 1988. Forty-nine species of waterbirds used
the wetlands. Maned Ducks and Grey Teal bred in each of these flooding events, and laid at all times
of the year except late summer. Other waterbirds, including Black Swans, Pacific Black Ducks,
Australasian Shovelers, Pink-eared Ducks, White-faced Herons and grebes, bred during one or two
of the flooding events. Some Maned Ducks bred in spring on permanent water. The Paroo River
flooded four times during the study, but its overflow areas were not filled long enough to allow most
waterbirds to breed.
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