This is a male shoveler (Anas rhynchotis), although from a distance, you could mistake it for a mallard/grey duck. In fact, the female shoveler looks an awful lot like a grey duck, but with a bigger, wider bill. They’re filter feeders, sucking water through the very fine comb-like fringes on the edges of their bills.
Kuruwhengi/The shoveler
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