Birds
Zoo
Damisela
The Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) in the Birds.

Damisela.com
  Destinations
  Images
  On the Web

Zoo
 Amphibians
 Reptiles
 Mammals

Birds
 Ratites & Tinamous

Waterfowl
 Geese
 Swans

Whistling-Ducks
 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
 Fulvous Whistling-Duck
 Lesser Whistling-Duck
 Plumed Whistling-Duck
 Spotted Whistling-Duck
 Wandering Whistling-Duck
 West Indian Whistling-Duck
 White-faced Whistling-Duck
 White-backed Duck

| español |

Wandering Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arcuata

DISTRIBUTION:

The Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is natural to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands and northern Australia. Its distribution also includes the islands between these locations.


BEHAVIOR:

During the dry season, on northern Australia, this whistling-duck congregates in flocks that may count up to two thousand individuals. Occasionally other species of whistling-ducks join these flocks. As the rainy season starts, they scatter to nest.


REPRODUCTION:

The nest is done on the ground. The clutch is six to fifteen eggs. Incubation takes from 28 to 30 days.


DESCRIPTION:

The sexes are similar except that the males are slightly larger. The length of the adults is 40 to 45 cm (16 to 17 1/2 inches). The weight is about 750 grams (over 1 1/2 pounds).


OTHER NAMES:

The Wandering Whistling-Duck in Spanish is called “Yaguasa Errante”.



Information, maps and everything in the Web related to the
Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata), presented by:
| Google | MSN | Yahoo! | Gigablast | Netscape |



More information on the Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata):
| Taxonomy | Bibliography |


| Whistling-Ducks | Waterfowl | Anseriformes |
| Birds of Flight | Birds |
| Zoo | Damisela |


Email

Thanks for visiting


Last revision: March 1, 2007
Todos los Derechos Reservados

Copyright © 2000-2007 by Mariano Jimenez II and Mariano G. Jiménez and its licensors
All rights reserved