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[[Image:Black-bellied_Whistling_Duck.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by David Roach]]
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[[Image:Black-bellied_Whistling_Duck.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''fulgens''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|David+Roach|David Roach}}<br />Wakodahatchee, [[Florida]], [[USA]], 8 September 2004]]
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==Description==
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;[[:Category:Dendrocygna|Dendrocygna]] autumnalis
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==Identification==
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==Identification: ==
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L. 20-22" (51-56 cm).  
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20-22" (51-56 cm). A tall, long-necked, long-legged duck. Body of adult mainly chestnut and black; bill red; legs pink. Large white wing patch visible in flight. Immature similar but much duller.
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*Tall, long-necked, and long-legged
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====Adult====
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*Mainly chestnut and black
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*Red bill
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*Pink legs
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*Large white wing patch visible in flight
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====Immature====
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Similar, but much duller
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[[Image:Red-billed Whistling-duck01.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Escaped captive<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|gmax|gmax}}<br />Isola della Cona, Gorizia, North-eastern [[Italy]], 21 May 2007]]
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==Distribution==
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[[USA]]: Breeds in southern [[Texas]] and [[Arizona]], expanding northwards and commonly found in suburban areas around Houston and Dallas. Introduced birds have bred in southern [[Florida]]. Casual vagrant to [[Kansas]].<br />
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Rest of the Americas: [[Mexico]] through [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]] to [[Argentina]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species. Two subspecies are recognised<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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*''D. a. fulgens'':
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:*South [[US]] to [[Panama]]- Distinctive, lacking grey lower breast to hind-collar of nominate.
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*''D. a. autumnalis'':
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:*[[Panama]] to northern [[Argentina]] (mainly east of Andes) - Lower breast and hind-collar gray.
  
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==Habitat==
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==Habitat: ==
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[[Image:Black-bellied Whistling Duck duckling Lafites Cove Galveston May 2018.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Ducklings subspecies ''fulgens''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve, Galveston County, [[Texas]], [[USA]], 2 May 2017]]
 
Wooded or tree-lined streams and ponds.
 
Wooded or tree-lined streams and ponds.
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==Behaviour==
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These handsome, conspicuous birds often rest on large tree branches, stakes, or poles in the water, also on the ground, by bodies of water.
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====Breeding====
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The 12-16 white eggs are placed in a tree cavity or man-made nest box without a nest lining, occasionally on the ground among reeds. 
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====Diet====
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Almost entirely herbivorous, they feed in shallow water on tubers and other aquatic vegetation, as well as in grain fields.
  
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Unlike many ducks, this species is largely nocturnal, migrating at night and resting and feeding during the day.
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==Nesting: ==
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12-16 white eggs placed in a tree cavity or man-made nest box without a nest lining, occasionally on the ground among reeds.
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Squeaky whistles, often in flight.
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==References==
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[[Image:ASA BRANCA.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Orozimbo|Orozimbo}}<br /> Lins SP [[Brazil]], 20 July 2016]]
  
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}# Restall et al Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
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==Range: ==
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#Carboneras, C. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). 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 https://www.hbw.com/node/52801 on 5 July 2018).
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Breeds in extreme southern Texas and Arizona; introduced birds have bred in southern Florida. Also in American tropics.
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#James, J. D. and J. E. Thompson (2001). Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (''Dendrocygna autumnalis''), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.578
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==Voice==
 
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Mellow whistles.
 
  
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==Discussion: ==
 
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These handsome, conspicuous birds often rest on large tree branches, stakes, or poles in the water or, less commonly, on the ground. They are easily domesticated and are quite tame even in the wild. Almost entirely herbivorous, they feed in shallow water on tubers and other aquatic vegetation, as well as in grain fields. Unlike many ducks, this species is largely nocturnal, migrating at night and resting and feeding during the day. It was formerly known as the "Black-bellied Tree Duck."</i>
 
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==Identification==
 
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Photographed in Florida.
 
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&si=Dendrocygna%20autumnalis&what=allfields&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of Black-bellied Whistling Duck in the gallery]
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*[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/black-belliedwhistling-duck.html Arthur Grosset's Birds]
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 10 March 2023

Alternative name: Black-bellied Tree-Duck, Red-billed Whistling Duck

Subspecies fulgens
Photo © by David Roach
Wakodahatchee, Florida, USA, 8 September 2004
Dendrocygna autumnalis

Identification

L. 20-22" (51-56 cm).

  • Tall, long-necked, and long-legged

Adult

  • Mainly chestnut and black
  • Red bill
  • Pink legs
  • Large white wing patch visible in flight

Immature

Similar, but much duller

Escaped captive
Photo © by gmax
Isola della Cona, Gorizia, North-eastern Italy, 21 May 2007

Distribution

USA: Breeds in southern Texas and Arizona, expanding northwards and commonly found in suburban areas around Houston and Dallas. Introduced birds have bred in southern Florida. Casual vagrant to Kansas.
Rest of the Americas: Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species. Two subspecies are recognised1:

  • D. a. fulgens:
  • South US to Panama- Distinctive, lacking grey lower breast to hind-collar of nominate.
  • D. a. autumnalis:
  • Panama to northern Argentina (mainly east of Andes) - Lower breast and hind-collar gray.

Habitat

Ducklings subspecies fulgens
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve, Galveston County, Texas, USA, 2 May 2017

Wooded or tree-lined streams and ponds.

Behaviour

These handsome, conspicuous birds often rest on large tree branches, stakes, or poles in the water, also on the ground, by bodies of water.

Breeding

The 12-16 white eggs are placed in a tree cavity or man-made nest box without a nest lining, occasionally on the ground among reeds.

Diet

Almost entirely herbivorous, they feed in shallow water on tubers and other aquatic vegetation, as well as in grain fields.

Unlike many ducks, this species is largely nocturnal, migrating at night and resting and feeding during the day.

Vocalisation

Squeaky whistles, often in flight.

References

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by Orozimbo
Lins SP Brazil, 20 July 2016
  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Restall et al Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
  3. Carboneras, C. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). 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 https://www.hbw.com/node/52801 on 5 July 2018).
  4. James, J. D. and J. E. Thompson (2001). Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.578

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