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White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Description:

Loving ducks

Habitat:

Mombasa lagoon at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. "Habitat is still freshwater lakes or reservoirs, with plentiful vegetation, where this duck feeds on seeds and other plant food" (Wikipedia).

Notes:

"Duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America... Noisy birds with a clear three-note whistling call" (Wikipedia).

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White-faced Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna viduata White-faced Whistling Duck


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3 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Nice series!

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 10 years ago

Thanks paige.hembling. And thank you for the ID Stian Waaler :)

paige.hembling
paige.hembling 10 years ago

Pretty cool

CoralAvery
Spotted by
CoralAvery

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 25, 2013
Submitted on May 5, 2013

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