A large goose-like shelduck that is native to New Zealand.
Genus Tadorna variegata, family Anatidae
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The photo shows the remarkable view over the tarn with a paradise duck swimming away as we approached.
On the water there are paradise ducks.
People believe that when one twin dies, the other limps through the rest of his or her life, honking forlornly like a paradise duck that has lost its mate.
Paradise ducks can be legally hunted only with a licence and a shotgun during the shooting season starting in May.
The attraction is bird watching, especially pied shags feeding the young birds in their nests, great crested grebe and large numbers of paradise ducks.