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Lesser Whistling Ducks

Dendrocygna javanica

1 Species ID Suggestions

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis


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7 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Lovely series, love that 2nd pic,,

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Brilliant capture !!

Sukaina
Sukaina 11 years ago

so cute & nice photo!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Agree with Ashish. we only have two Whistling Duck species recorded in Sri Lanka and this one looks like Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Can be Lesser Whistling Duck which have such Goose like neck.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Hi Alice, i don't think this is Black-Bellied Whistling Duck because it's an American species http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-belli...

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

beautiful spotting, you have to fill the scientific name field too it's important, and don't forget the Biodiversity of Sri Lanka mission :-)

Hambantota, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Feb 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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