Can anyone identify the breed of this duck?

[CourtneyTartan]

Found this baby duckling maybe about 4 weeks ago.
It was lost with no mum in sight.

It's starting to change and develop more but I have no clue what sort of duck it is.
Or even if it's a local wild duck.

Just wondering if anyone here might be able to throw some educated guesses my way?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@chickens really @WVDuck @casportpony any guesses

 

[william wright]

i believe it a young Ruddy duck

 

[chickens really]

My guess is a Muscovy?
I'm not sure though?... It's cute, that's all I can really say.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not a Muscovy doesn't have the scovy bill maybe a mix? Where did you find the duckling

@CourtneyTartan

 

[CourtneyTartan]

Not a Muscovy doesn't have the scovy bill maybe a mix? Where did you find the duckling

@CourtneyTartan

We found the baby on our property the morning after a big storm.
It was scared and very lost. None of our neighbours have any baby ducks, so we have no clue where it's come from.

we just call it the mystery duck.

 

[chickens really]

Not familar with Ducks in Australia...

 

[CourtneyTartan]

Not familar with Ducks in Australia...

Yeah, that's fairenough.

My grandfather thinks it's a Pacific Black Duck as we have a few that visit us and scavenge our property for food. It's just hard to tell seeing as it's feathers at the moment just seem to be black and a whitey cream colour on the chest.

Obviously still has plenty of time to change and develop though.

 

[Bird maniac]

I have no idea what species it is. I just looked up what pacific black ducklings look like and it’s definitely not one of those (but I do not know ducks in Australia so this could be wrong).

 

[CourtneyTartan]

I have no idea what species it is. I just looked up what pacific black ducklings look like and it’s definitely not one of those (but I do not know ducks in Australia so this could be wrong).

Yeah, I'd also searched up what they were meant to look like and thought it didn't quite add up. My grandfather is convinced it is though. I dunno though.

I thought once it started developing more and getting new feathers it'd be easier to tell what it is.. it's just getting harder aha.