Maned Duck

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Maned Duck | status = Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | image = Chenonetta jubata1.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Anseriformes | familia = Anatidae | genus = Chenonetta | genus_authority = Brandt, 1836 | species = C. jubata | binomial = Chenonetta jubata | binomial_authority = (Latham, 1802) }}

The Maned Duck, Chenonetta jubata, is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia.

Its habitat is lightly wooded swamps and marshes. This abundant duck nests in a tree hole laying 8-12 eggs.

The male is grey with a dark brown head and mottled breast. The female has white stripes above and below the eye and mottled underparts. Both sexes have grey wings with black primaries and a white speculum.

This 45-51cm duck looks like a small goose, and feeds mostly by grazing. It rarely swims.

The flightless, aberrant New Zealand species Chenonetta finschi (Finsch's Duck) which was formerly believed to constitute a monotypic genus (Euryanas) has been determined to belong to Chenonetta. It became extinct before scientists could properly survey the New Zealand avifauna, but possibly as late as 1870.

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