What does the Quaxly eat?
Quaxly
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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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