West Indian Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna arborea

A distinctive large waterbird between the size of a large duck and a goose. Nocturnal; roosts during day in mangroves, wooded ponds and marshes and feeds primarily at night. Generally scarce and typically somewhat secretive, particularly where hunting of this species is allowed. Call is loud shrill whistle: “pip-pip-pip-weeeeeaaaa” usually given when agitated or in flight. Similar Fulvous Whistling-Duck is brighter with streaked, not spotted, flanks.

分类信息

学名
Dendrocygna arborea
命名信息
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Dendrocygna

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

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分布

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