Black-bellied Whistling Duck Temporal range: 16.3–0 Ma Barstovian to Present | |||
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Northern subspecies (D. a. autumnalis, note brown breast). The white wing patch, a tell-tale feature of this species, is conspicuous in flight. | |||
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D. a. fulgens | |||
Scientific classification | |||
Kingdom: | Animalia | ||
Phylum: | Chordata | ||
Class: | Aves | ||
Superorder: | Galloanserae | ||
Clade: | Odontoanserae | ||
Order: | Anseriformes | ||
Family: | Anatidae | ||
Genus: | Dendrocygna | ||
Species: | D. autumnalis | ||
Binomial name | |||
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
Subspecies | |||
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The Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly also called Black-bellied Tree Duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America. In the USA, it can be found year-round in parts of southeast Texas, and seasonally in southeast Arizona, and Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and South Carolina.
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Other common names | Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Autumnal tree duck, black-bellied tree duck, cornfield duck, long-legged tree duck, red-billed whistling duck, summer duck.[2] |
Description[]
Medium-sized,[3] long-legged,[3][4] broad-winged[4] very long-necked duck. Bill length ¾ head length; sloping forehead to shallow crown;[3] adult has a rose-pink bill and feet; juveniles have dusky bill and feet.[5]
Subspecies[6][]
- D. a. fulgens Friedmann, 1947 – Northern Black-bellied Whistling-duck– SE Arizona and SE Texas (S USA) S to C Panama.
- D. a. autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Southern Black-bellied Whistling-duck – C Panama to South America, S to Ecuador and N Peru in the W and N Argentina in the E.
Similar species[]
Told apart from the Fulvous Whistling Duck by greyish (not tawny) head and neck and plain back.[5]
Behaviour[]
This gorgeous duck is often found perching on trees and shrubs.[4]
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References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). "Dendrocygna autumnalis". 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 Mayy 2012. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.
- ^ a b c Stokes, Donald W. and Stokes, Lilian Q. (2010). Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9770316010504 Check
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value: invalid prefix (help). - ^ a b c Dunn, Jon L. and Alderfer, Jonathan (2011). National Geographic Completely Birds of North America. National Geographic Society. ISBN 9781426213731.
- ^ a b Garrigues, Richard and Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Zona Tropical Publication. ISBN 9780801473739.
- ^ Carboneras, C. & Kirwan, G.M. (2017). Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/52801 on 2 October 2017).
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