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title: "Pacific Black Duck"
description: "Anas superciliosa — Birds. The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pacific-black-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pacific Black Duck

> Anas superciliosa — Birds. The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east.

- Scientific name: *Anas superciliosa*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 32260
- Wikidata: [Q757271](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757271)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6987](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6987)

## Names

- en: Pacific Black Duck
- de: Augenbrauenente
- es: Ánade cejudo
- fr: Canard à sourcils
- nl: Wenkbrauweend
- pt: Pato-de-sobrancelhas
- pl: Kaczka pacyficzna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (30842), NZ (208), ID (66), FJ (43), PG (38), NC (23), PF (23), TO (11), CK (7), SB (5), TL (5), AS (3)

## Summary

The Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa), commonly known as the PBD, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. It is usually called the grey duck in New Zealand, where it is also known by its Māori name, pārera.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_black_duck

## Photo

![Pacific Black Duck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-black-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192423715

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pacific-black-duck?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).