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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Marcus Singor

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

© Regis Fortin

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Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

© Hayley Rickett

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White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Los Angeles, California

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Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)

© Ken Glasson

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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

© František Kopecký

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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

© John Wright

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

© Jim Parker

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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

© Kate Schnurr

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Little Auk (Alle alle)

© Paul Gorday

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Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

© Javier Robres

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Nēnē (Branta sandvicensis)

© Melanie Barnett

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BOTD: Red-Throated Diver

^image credit: David Karnå / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0

Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)

Also called the Red-Throated Loon, they are the smallest of the world's Loons/Divers ranging from 55 to 67cm (22 to 26 inches) in length. In the wild, the oldest known Red-Throated Diver lived for over two decades. As recently as the 1800s, the behaviour of the Red-Throated Diver was used to forecast the weather; according to typical beliefs at the time, birds flying inland or giving shorter cries predicted good weather, meanwhile those flying out to sea or giving longer cries predicted rain.

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Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

© Nigel Blake

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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

© John Carson Essex UK.

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African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus)

© Andrew Spencer