What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pacific Black Duck been recorded?

Anas superciliosa occurrence evidence comes from 1,448 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1865 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Pacific Black Duck
Pacific Black Duck — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAnas

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,448 records across 14 countries and territories, 1865–2026.

Anas superciliosa · GBIF taxon key 2498084

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18652026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Pacific Black Duck has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pacific Black Duck. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 1,343
Indonesia 28
New Zealand 19
Solomon Islands 12
Samoa 12
Cook Islands 7
United States 6
Papua New Guinea 5
New Caledonia 4
French Polynesia 4
Vanuatu 3
American Samoa 2
Palau 2
Belgium 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.