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The black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that before 2000 bred mainly in the southernmost United States, Mexico, and tropical Central to south-central South America. It can be found year-round in much of the United States.
Whistling ducks were first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758: the black-bellied whistling duck (then Anas autumnalis) and the West Indian whistling duck (then Anas arborea). [1] In 1837, William Swainson named the genus Dendrocygna to distinguish whistling ducks from the other waterfowl. [2]
Genus Dendrocygna Swainson 1837 (whistling/tree ducks) Subgenus (Lamprocygna) Boetticher 1949. Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus 1766) (white-faced whistling-duck) LC; Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758) (black-bellied whistling-duck) LC. D. a. fulgens Friedmann 1947 (Northern black-bellied whistling duck)
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.
Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. White-faced whistling-duck, Dendrocygna viduata (V) Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
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 ...
Black-bellied whistling-ducks, Tobago Masked duck, Tobago. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A) West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea (A) Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A) Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata (I) Wood duck, Aix sponsa (A) Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors; Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata (A) Gadwall, Mareca strepera (A) American wigeon, Mareca ...