Spotted whistling duck
Appearance
Spotted whistling duck | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Dendrocygna |
Species: | D. guttata
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Binomial name | |
Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866
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The spotted whistling duck (Dendrocygna guttata) is a member of the duck family Anatidae.
It is distributed throughout the southern Philippines, Wallacea and New Guinea. It has recently colonised Australia, with a small population now resident at Weipa on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.
Gallery
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Dendrocygna guttata - MHNT
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocygna guttata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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