Spotted Whistling Duck

Spotted Whistling Duck
Spotted Whistling Duck
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Dendrocygninae
Genus: Dendrocygna
Species: D. guttata
Binomial name
Dendrocygna guttata
Schlegel, 1866

The Spotted Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna guttata is a member of the duck family Anatidae.

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Its range is the Philippines south through central Indonesia to New Guinea. It has recently colonised Australia, with a small population now resident at Weipa on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Dendrocygna guttata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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