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'''Alternative name: Lesser Whistling Teal''' | '''Alternative name: Lesser Whistling Teal''' | ||
| − | [[Image:Lesser_Whistling_Duck.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}<br />central [[Thailand]], July 2003]] | + | [[Image:Lesser_Whistling_Duck.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}<br />central [[Thailand]], July 2003]] |
;[[:Category:Dendrocygna|Dendrocygna]] javanica | ;[[:Category:Dendrocygna|Dendrocygna]] javanica | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | [[Image:lesser_whistling_duck_pair.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Monomorphic M & F in breeding season<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur, [[India]], July-2016]] | + | [[Image:lesser_whistling_duck_pair.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Monomorphic M & F in breeding season<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], July-2016]] |
38–42 cm | 38–42 cm | ||
*Buff head, neck and underparts | *Buff head, neck and underparts | ||
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Shallow water, such as ponds, flooded fields and ox-bow lakes. | Shallow water, such as ponds, flooded fields and ox-bow lakes. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | [[Image:WEB 6232SE192014.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Dhilip+De+Alwis|Dhilip De Alwis}}<br />[[Sri Lanka]], September 2014]] | + | [[Image:WEB 6232SE192014.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|Dhilip+De+Alwis|Dhilip De Alwis}}<br />[[Sri Lanka]], September 2014]] |
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
They nest in tree holes, old nests of other birds, or on a stick platform near the ground. The clutch consists of 6-12 eggs. | They nest in tree holes, old nests of other birds, or on a stick platform near the ground. The clutch consists of 6-12 eggs. | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 10 June 2018
Alternative name: Lesser Whistling Teal
- Dendrocygna javanica
Identification
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, July-2016
38–42 cm
- Buff head, neck and underparts
- Darker crown
- Darkish grey back and wings
- Chestnut chestnut uppertail-coverts
- Yellow eyering
- Long grey bill
- Long head
- Longish legs
Juvenile duller
Distribution
Asia: found in Mongolia, China, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Andaman, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas and Bali
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Shallow water, such as ponds, flooded fields and ox-bow lakes.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree holes, old nests of other birds, or on a stick platform near the ground. The clutch consists of 6-12 eggs.
Diet
Vegetarian. Their diet consists of grass, water weed shoots, seeds and rice.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>lesser_whistling_duck_sound.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, India, July-2016
Sound made by a group.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
- Trek Nature
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lesser Whistling Duck. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Whistling_Duck
External Links
