Other Names (World)
Wandering Whistling-Duck, Water Whistling-Duck, Diving Whistling-Duck, Water Whistle Duck, Whistling Tree Duck, Wandering Tree Duck, Wandering Whistling Duck
Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) [XC256273]
by Bas van Balen from Banora Point, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) [XC353103]
by Simon Elliott from Hasties Swamp National Park, Queensland, Australia (call)
Nest
A depression in grass, without a lining, often at quite a distance from water.
Eggs (Guide)
6 - 15, usually 7 or 8; hard, vitrous, cream; oval, pointed at the smaller end; 47 - 53 x 35 - 39 mm. Incubation: 28 - 30 days; by both sexes.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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