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The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
The whistling ducks or tree ducks are a subfamily, Dendrocygninae, of the duck, ... (especially within the Fulvous whistling duck species) ...
Black-bellied whistling duck: Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Spotted whistling duck: Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866: 3 West Indian whistling duck: Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Fulvous whistling duck: Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) 5 Plumed whistling duck: Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) 6 Wandering whistling duck
The black-bellied whistling duck is a common species that is "quite tame, even in the wild". [16] It is highly gregarious, or social, forming large flocks when not breeding, and is largely resident apart from local movements. It usually nests in hollow trees (in South America many times in palm trees).
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile , on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the ...
Audubon describes the duck's songs and calls as "mellow whistles." Audubon's listing for the species has several audio recordings of its "wheezy songs" and alarm calls. Other rare birds sighted in ...
This chestnut brown duck is confusable only with the fulvous whistling duck (D. bicolor) but has chestnut upper-tail coverts unlike the creamy white in the latter. The ring around the eye is orange to yellow. [2] When flying straight, their head is held below the level of the body as in other Dendrocygna species.
Thalassornis leuconotus Eyton 1838 (white-backed duck) LC. T. l. leuconotus Eyton 1838 (African white-backed duck) T. l. insularis (Richmond 1897) (Madagascan white-backed duck) Genus Dendrocygna Swainson 1837 (whistling/tree ducks) Subgenus (Lamprocygna) Boetticher 1949. Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus 1766) (white-faced whistling-duck) LC