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The fulvous whistling duck feeds in wetlands by day or night, often in mixed flocks with relatives such as white-faced or black-bellied whistling ducks. Its food is generally plant material, including seeds, bulbs, grasses and stems, but females may include animal items such as aquatic worms , molluscs and insects as they prepare for egg-laying ...
Whistling duck taxonomy, including that of the entire order Anseriformes, is complicated and disputed. [4] Under a traditional classification proposed by ornithologist Jean Théodore Delacour based on morphological and behavioral traits, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] whistling ducks belong to the tribe Dendrocygnini under the family Anatidae and subfamily ...
What does a black-bellied whistling-duck sound like? Audubon describes the duck's songs and calls as "mellow whistles." Audubon's listing for the species has several audio recordings of its ...
The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America. This species is gregarious, and at favoured sites, the flocks of a thousand or more birds arriving at dawn are an impressive sight. As the name implies, these are noisy birds with a clear three-note whistling call.
Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor; White-faced whistling-duck, ... especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors ...
Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis; Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A) Snow goose, Anser caerulescens (A) Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis (A) Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata; Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors; Cinnamon teal, Spatula cyanoptera; Northern shoveler ...
American avocet joins parade of rare, unusual birds in Ohio, including black-bellied whistling-duck and roseate tern. It's been a year for unusual bird sightings in the Buckeye State.
A black-bellied whistling duck in the water. The black-bellied whistling duck is a mid-sized waterfowl species. Length ranges from 47 to 56 cm (19 to 22 in), body mass from 652 to 1,020 g (1.437 to 2.249 lb), and wingspan ranges from 76 to 94 cm (30 to 37 in).