Editing Freckled duck (section)

===Diet===

The diet of the freckled duck has been subjected to a degree of controversy and disagreement over the years, potentially due to the versatile diet of different populations and distributions of this duck. Despite this, it is widely agreed that the freckled duck is a resilient, specialist [[filter feeder]] that consumes a range of aquatic vegetation, insects, algae, larvae and crustaceans.<ref name=:27>{{cite journal|last1=Norman|first1=F. I.|last2=Brown|first2=R. S.|year=1985|title=Gizzard grit in some Australian waterfowl|journal=Wildfowl|volume=36|pages=77–80}}</ref><ref name=:6>{{cite journal|last=Corrick|first=A. H.|year=1980|title=Freckled Ducks on lakes in the Western District, Victoria|journal=Australian Bird Watcher|volume=8|issue=1|pages=254–255}}</ref> Studies have found that the freckled duck prefers to feed in shallow water, using its bill to strain food particles from the mud or sand.<ref name=:8>{{cite journal|last=Crome|first=F. H.|year=1985|title=An Experimental Investigation of Filter-Feeding on Zooplankton by Some Specialized Waterfowl|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|volume=33|issue=6|pages=849–862|doi=10.1071/zo9850849}}</ref>