3 – Wandering Whistling Duck
Details
Name:
3 – Wandering Whistling Duck
3 – Wandering Whistling Duck
Scientific Name:
Dendrocygna arcuata
Dendrocygna arcuata
Reference Number:
ABD-432
ABD-432
Description
Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Dendrocygna arcuata; Subspecies: arcuata
Common name: Wandering Whistling Duck – Distribution in Australia: tropical areas between Kimberley Region of Western Australia through the Top End of the Northern Territory to north-eastern Queensland - Distribution outside Australia: apart from its northern Australian distribution subspecies arcuata is also found in southern New Guinea; two other subspecies occur further afield through Indonesia to the Philippines.
Additional Details
Reference Number: | ABD-432 |
Scientific Name: | Dendrocygna arcuata |