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Dendrocygna viduata
White face, forehead and throat; body is rich brown and black with barring flanks; chestnut neck; underparts black; bill is black with a patch of blue on the tip; legs and feet blue. Photo taken at Lake Manyaya, Tanzania
Found along wide range of water-bodies in Tanzania. Swamp, lakes, marsh areas and along rivers too.
Characteristic upright stance
Spotted on Jan 10, 2018
Submitted on Oct 2, 2018
4 Comments
Thanks a ton Mark
Dear Daniele
Thanks for your comments. I was not aware that they are also known as "Tree Ducks"
Lovely spotting. Congratulations.
Congratulations Karan, your White-faced Whistling Duck is our Spotting of the Day:
"A White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) cuts an elegant long-necked figure against wetlands in our Spotting of the Day! Whistling ducks (subfamily Dendrocygninae) owe their names to their high-pitched whistling calls. They are also known as tree ducks due to their habit of perching on branches. The white-faced whistling duck has a disjunctive New World/Old World distribution, occurring in South America as well as Africa".
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