- Dendrocygna guttata
Identification
- Sexes similar
- Dusky black eyepatch
- crown, hindneck, and collar, pale grey face, throat, upper neck
- Breast and lower neck rufous brown, heavily vermiculated with darker brown
- White underparts and flanks with rufous brown scaling
- Dark brown upperparts and tail
- Dark grey bill, grey legs and feet, dark brown iris.
Distribution
Philippines, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea and a single breeding population in Weipa, Australia
Taxonomy
This species is monotypic.[1]
Habitat
Marshes, lakes, ponds, swamps, creeks, rivers and mangroves.
Behaviour
The diet includes grass seeds and snails; they feed at night and twilight by dabbling.
It nests in tree hollows. 10-11 white eggs are laid and are incubated for 28-31 days.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
