Angola, Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Costa Rica, Côte dIvoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (E) (B), Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay (B), Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Chile, Seychelles, Spain.
Tropical America from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Africa south of Sahara from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to South Africa. Madagascar and Comoro Is.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,700,000 - 2,800,000 (2010).
White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) [XC50357]
by Derek Solomon from Saladillo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (call)
White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) [XC307183]
by Faansie Peacock from Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, South Africa (call)
Nest
A depression or low construction of vegetation placed over or at varying distances from water, usually in stands of dense vegetation on dry ground or in reedbeds, occasionally also in open crevices in trees. In solitary pairs with nests about 75 m apart or loose colonies or small groups.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet