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What does the Quaxly eat?

Quaxly

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The Quaxly's diet shapes where and when you'll find it. Understanding what it eats helps you predict where to look.

Diet overview

Omnivore

How it forages

Primarily a dabbling duck, feeding by tipping its head and forebody into the water to reach submerged vegetation and invertebrates. It also filters water through its bill to extract small organisms. Diet includes aquatic insects, larvae, small crustaceans, seeds, and vegetative parts of aquatic plants.

When it feeds

Diurnal, most active during early morning and late afternoon for foraging.

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