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The West Indian whistling duck is the largest and darkest of the whistling ducks with a length of 48 to 58 cm (19 to 23 in). The female weighs from 800 to 1,320 g (1.76 to 2.91 lb) and the male weighs from 760 to 1,240 g (1.68 to 2.73 lb); this species is about the size of a mallard. [9]
D. a. autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758) (Southern black-bellied whistling duck) Subgenus Boetticher 1949. Dendrocygna guttata (Schlegel 1866) (spotted whistling-duck) LC; Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus 1758) (West Indian whistling-duck) NT B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv) Subgenus (Dendrocygna) Swainson 1837. Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot 1816) (fulvous whistling ...
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]
White-faced whistling duck: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 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 ...
West Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna arborea Loggerhead kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus Greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger Scaly-naped pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa Great lizard cuckoo, Coccyzus merlini Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus Antillean crested hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus
🚨 Rare Bird Alert: Black-bellied whistling ducks have been spotted with ducklings on a wildlife area in Wayne County.... Posted by Ohio Division of Wildlife on Monday, August 19, 2024
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.
Local farmer Willie Ebanks introduced West Indian whistling-ducks on the pond in 1990, and it also has populations of heron, egrets, moorhens, and coots. [4] It forms part of the Central Mangrove Wetland Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of waterbirds. [5]