Whistling-Ducks
Dendrocygna
The whistling ducks or tree ducks are a subfamily, Dendrocygninae, of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. They are not true ducks. In other taxonomic schemes, they are considered a separate family, Dendrocygnidae. Some taxonomists list only one genus, Dendrocygna, which contains eight living species, and one undescribed extinct species from Aitutaki of the Cook Islands, but other taxonomists also list the white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus) under the subfamily.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna autumnalis
White-faced Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna bicolor
Lesser Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna javanica
Plumed Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna eytoni
Wandering Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna arcuata
West Indian Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna arborea
Spotted Whistling-Duck
speciesDendrocygna guttata
White-faced × Fulvous Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna viduata × bicolor
Black-bellied × Fulvous Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna autumnalis × bicolor
White-faced × Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna viduata × autumnalis
Plumed × White-faced Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna eytoni × viduata
Spotted × White-faced Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna guttata × viduata
West Indian × Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
hybridDendrocygna arborea × autumnalis
Dendrocygna arcuata × eytoni
hybridDendrocygna arcuata × eytoni
Dendrocygna arcuata × javanica
hybridDendrocygna arcuata × javanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6890.