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The whistling ducks or tree ducks are a subfamily, Dendrocygninae, of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, ... Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range
The black-bellied whistling duck is now placed in the genus Dendrocygna and was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson to distinguish whistling ducks from other waterfowl. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek dendron meaning "tree" with the genus Cygnus containing the swans that was introduced by ...
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence 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
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.
White-Faced Tree. Also known as the white-faced whistling duck, these ghostly ducks are aptly named after the white mask they appear to wear on their faces.
Formerly named tree ducks, the wandering whistling duck has its new name because of their loud whistling calls and the whistling noise their wings make during flight. They have long necks and legs and look like a cross between a goose and a duck. They have a strong head and neck with a darker crown and hindneck.
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]
The spotted whistling duck, Dendrocygna guttata, was first reported in 1866. [9] Like all other birds, it is an animal in the phylum Chordata and the class Aves.The spotted whistling duck is a part of the order Anseriformes, which includes all waterfowl.