Species Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Fulvous whistling duck)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Anseriformes
  • ---- family: Anatidae
  • ----- species: Dendrocygna bicolor
Characteristics:herbivore; body-length: 46 cm; red-brown plumage; dark brown with some white on the back; white rump; dark stripe in the neck; dark bill
Countries:

AR
Argentina
BZ
Belize
CO
Colombia
GB
United Kingdom
HN
Honduras
KE
Kenya
MX
Mexico
NI
Nicaragua
PA
Panama
SN
Senegal
UG
Uganda
US
United States
VE
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0713
Sahelian Acacia savanna
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
NA0529
Southeastern conifer forests
NA0701
Western Gulf coastal grasslands
NA1302
Central Mexican matorral
NA1312
Tamaulipan mezquital
NT0111
Central American Atlantic moist forests
NT0154
Petén-Veracruz moist forests
NT0217
Jalisco dry forests
NT0224
Panamanian dry forests
NT0228
Sinaloan dry forests
NT0229
Sinú Valley dry forests
NT0230
Southern Pacific dry forests
NT0303
Central American pine-oak forests
NT0709
Llanos
NT0803
Humid Pampas
NT0904
Everglades
NT1403
Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves
NT1404
Northern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves
PA0421
English Lowlands beech forests
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 64
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Date: 2013-05-22
Creator: inaturalist
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Comments: Fulvous Whistling-Duck in flight, one of about 10 seen in low light and at about 100 yards so image is cropped a lot.
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

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