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 LC    Lesser Whistling-Duck* Id (Atlas):
    Dendrocygna javanica

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Lesser Whistling-Duck, Lesser Tree Duck, Javan Tree Duck, Indian Whistling-Duck, Javan Whistling-Duck, Lesser Whistling-Teal, Lesser Whistling Duck

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
38 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical mangroves, seasonally wet / flooded grassland, freshwater lagoons, swamps, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh (NB), Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (NB), Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Israel, Maldives, Oman.

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to south-eastern China and Taiwan, and south through Indochina to Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
 
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 - 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (58)...)

 
Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) [XC40037]
     by Sander Bot from Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore (call)

 
Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) [XC667381]
     by Zhi Hao from Virar, Thane, Maharashtra, India (?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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