Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) - HBW 1, p. 576
French: Dendrocygne veuf
German: Witwenpfeifgans
Spanish: Suirirí Cariblanco
Other common names: White faced Tree Duck
Taxonomy: Anas viduata Linnaeus, 1766, Cartagena, Colombia.
A distinctive species, apparently most closely linked to D. autumnalis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tropical America from Costa Rica S to N Argentina and Uruguay; Africa S of Sahara from Senegal to Ethiopia and S to South Africa; Madagascar and Comoro Is.
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A group of birds standing in the shore and a close-up of several of them. Locality São Paulo Zoo, São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.5 -
Two birds near the water Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 49 sec 4.4 -
An adult and three juveniles drinking and preening Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 44 sec 4.3 -
A group feeding in low level water at Panic Bird Hide Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 7 October 2006 1 year ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A group calling, flying, landing, drinking and preening Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
Two adults walking through the grass and flying away Locality Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.1
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Standing is shallow water
Locality KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
ossewa 20 March 2011 9 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 1 February 2007 14 weeks ago 3.8 -
Flying.
Locality Rust de Winter Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 21 October 2008 48 weeks ago 3.7 -
white-faced whistling duck at the zoo's new section
Locality Emperor Valley Zoo, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 20 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
A couple
Locality RPPN Chácara Edith, Brusque, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Glauco Kohler 11 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.7 -
a bird flying by
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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Several birds calling. Locality São Paulo Zoo, São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
One call in flight. Locality Morada Nova, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 28 March 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Calls in flight (free flying feral population) Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 2 years ago 3
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