Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolorOrder: ANSERIFORMES Family: Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Codes: Common Name: FUWD Scientific Name: DENBIC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 175046

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Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Large, long-legged, long-necked duck with dark brown back and white V-shaped rump patch. Head and underparts are buff with white throat and vent. The white-edged side and flank feathers form a striking border between sides and back. Tail is black with white undertail coverts.

● Song: "k-weeoo", "kee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Feeds almost exclusively on aquatic vegetation, rice, and seeds of marsh plants; forages day and night.

● Breeding & nesting: Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Twelve to fourteen white eggs are laid in a shallow cup of grass lined with down. Nest is built on the ground in dense vegetation or floats on the water. Incubation ranges from 24 to 26 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Black-bellied Whistling Duck has dark rump, white wing stripes, and lacks white flank stripes.

Flight Pattern

Direct heronlike flight with slow deep wing beats.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Breeds in southern California, coastal Texas and Louisiana, and southern Florida; winters along the east coast of Mexico. Preferred habitats include shallow freshwater marshes, lakes, and flooded agricultural fields.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationUncommon to locally common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight25.6 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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