The Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa)'s a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia. The duck's protected by law. Dark in colour with fine off-white speckles all over, it's most easily identified by its large head with a peaked (as opposed to rounded) crown. This species was formerly allied with the dabbling ducks, but's now placed in a monotypic subfamily Stictonettinae. It appears to be part of an Gondwanan radiation of waterfowl, before true ducks evolved (Sraml et a… (More on Stictonetta)