Wandering Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna arcuata - Dendrocygne à lunules

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Dendrocygna

  • Species
    :

    arcuata

Descriptor

Horsfield, 1824

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 45 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 80 à 90 cm.
  • Weight
    : 453 à 976 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Dendrocygne à lunules
adult
Dendrocygne à lunules
adult

Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Dendrocygna arcuata arcuata (Philippines to Indonesia)
  • Dendrocygna arcuata pygmaea (New Britain I.. Bismarck Arch..)
  • Dendrocygna arcuata australis (s New Guinea, n and e Australia)

Foreign names

  • Dendrocygne à lunules,
  • Suirirí capirotado,
  • dendrocisne-nómada,
  • Wanderpfeifgans,
  • vándorfütyülőlúd,
  • Zwervende Fluiteend,
  • Dendrocigna errante,
  • vandringsvisseland,
  • Hetteplystreand,
  • stromárka sťahovavá,
  • husička stěhovavá,
  • Rustfarvet Træand,
  • suomuviheltäjäsorsa,
  • ànec arbori de casquet,
  • drzewica wędrowna,
  • Странствующая древесная утка,
  • Belibis kembang,
  • オオリュウキュウガモ,
  • 斑胸树鸭,
  • 胸斑樹鴨,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Dendrocygne à lunules
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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