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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
18/05/2024 12:39:21 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Spotted Whistling-Duck*
Id (Atlas):
Dendrocygna guttata
Description (10 )
Other Names (World)
Spotted Whistling-Duck, Spotted Tree Duck, Spotted Whistling Duck
Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Size
43 - 50 cm
First Described (Guide )
Schlegel, 1866
Derivation
Den-dro-cyg'-na Gk, dendron , tree; Gk, cycnos , and L., cygnus , swan: gut-tä'-ta - L., guttatus , spotted
Habitat
Coastal swamps, watercourses and mangroves, usually in flocks.
Australia (B), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (B), Philippines.
Mindanao (Philippines) and Sulawesi through Moluccas and Tanimbar (Lesser Sundas) to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 25,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Food
Chiefly grass and other herbage.
Voice
A nasal, 'wheeow' or 'zziow' which may continue as a repeated sequence, 'whu-wheow-whee'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)... )
Listen to XC121885
Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna ) [XC121885 ]
by Phil Gregory from , Indonesia (call)
Listen to XC439627
Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna ) [XC439627 ]
by Marc Anderson from Twelve Mile Lagoon, Lakefield National Park, Queensland, Australia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
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
Files:
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For more information about the Spotted Whistling-Duck see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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