Plumed Whistling Duck - BirdForum Opus

Dendrocygna eytoni

Photo by Tom Tarrant.
Photo taken: Gatton, southeast Queensland, Australia.

Identification

• Tall bird with a long neck
• Face and foreneck are light, the hind neck and crown are pale brown, the upper back is brown
• The breast is chestnut and has black bars
• Bill is pink and grey; the feet and legs are pink.
• The sexes are alike.
• Paler then Wandering Whistling-Duck

Distribution

New Guinea and Australia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^[1]

Habitat

Margins of swamps, marshes, mangroves, grassland, scrub

Behaviour

This bird feeds at night on grasses and seeds. Large Roosting Camps are formed during the day. 10-12 white eggs are laid.

References

1. 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.

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