Spotted whistling duck
| Spotted whistling duck | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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[]
Dendrocygna guttata - MHNT
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocygna guttata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dendrocygninae
- Ducks
- Birds of New Guinea
- Birds of the Philippines
- Birds of Wallacea
- Birds described in 1866
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