Fulvous Whistling-duck

について

フルボーウィスリングダックはアフリカ、南アジア、アメリカに広く分布するツリーダックです。全身が栗褐色で、飛翔時に特徴的な笛のような鳴き声を発します。湿地、稲田、池に生息し、草の種子や水草を採食します。

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
翼開長	44.6 cm	17.6 in
体重	733.4 g	25.87 oz

識別

羽毛

Warm fulvous-buff underparts with creamy white flank stripes. Upperparts dark brown with pale buff feather edges. Dark brown stripe down back of neck. Long bluish-gray legs. Sexes identical.

Habitat & Range

Freshwater marshes, rice paddies, flooded fields, shallow lakes, and river margins across warm tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, and South Asia. Highly nomadic, following rains.

🌿 Wetland

分布域

Breeds across Eurasia from Iceland and western Europe to eastern Siberia; winters from Britain to the Mediterranean and South Asia.

Diet & Feeding

Grazes grasses and sedges in Arctic tundra; large migratory goose; winter diet dominated by agricultural grain and pasture grass.

保全状況

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

行動と繁殖

営巣

Nest type: CP. Incubation: 19-44 days. Fledging: 63 days.

一腹卵数

6-16

鳴き声

さえずり

A soft, rhythmic 'ka-WHEE-00' whistle. Flocks give continuous soft whistling sounds during flight over tropical wetlands. Also gives shorter 'kee' contact notes.

分類学

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
目	Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
科	Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)
Genus	Dendrocygna
種	Dendrocygna bicolor

Distribution

Fulvous Whistling-duck has been recorded in 12 countries.

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生息あり Not recorded

countries highlighted

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇺🇸 United States 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇸🇮 Slovenia

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よくある質問

What does the Fulvous Whistling-duck eat?

Grazes grasses and sedges in Arctic tundra; large migratory goose; winter diet dominated by agricultural grain and pasture grass.

Where does the Fulvous Whistling-duck live?

Freshwater marshes, rice paddies, flooded fields, shallow lakes, and river margins across warm tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, and South Asia. Highly nomadic, following rains.

Is the Fulvous Whistling-duck endangered?

The Fulvous Whistling-duck has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the Fulvous Whistling-duck nest?

Nest type: CP. Incubation: 19-44 days. Fledging: 63 days.

What does the Fulvous Whistling-duck sound like?

A soft, rhythmic 'ka-WHEE-00' whistle. Flocks give continuous soft whistling sounds during flight over tropical wetlands. Also gives shorter 'kee' contact notes.

How big is the Fulvous Whistling-duck?

The Fulvous Whistling-duck has a wingspan of 44.6 cm, weight of 733.4 g.

What order and family does the Fulvous Whistling-duck belong to?

The Fulvous Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) belongs to the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae.