Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck*
Id (Atlas):
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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Other Names (World)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Black-bellied Tree Duck, Red-billed Tree Duck, Red-billed Whistling duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
43 - 53 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Inland wetlands. Also, arable land. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Chile, Gambia, Grenada, Jamaica, Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Population
Estimated population is 1,100,000 - 2,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (167)... )
Listen to XC512950
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis ) [XC512950 ]
by Brad Banner from Arroyo Mentidero y Rio Cuchujaqui, Sonora, Mexico (call)
Listen to XC566733
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis ) [XC566733 ]
by id from Mana Dulce, Cundinamarca, Colombia (call, flight call)
Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - South-eastern Texas to central Panama. Also known as fulgens .
discolor P.L. Sclater and Salvin, 1873 - Eastern Panama to South America, south to Ecuador in the west and northern Argentina in the east.
fulgens Friedmann, 1947 - Southern US to Panama.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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