Wandering Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824)
Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
Wandering Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, belongs to the Anatidae family within the Anseriformes order. Its breeding range extends across the Oriental Region and Australasia, from Sumatra and the Philippines through Australia and New Guinea to New Britain in the south-eastern Bismarck Archipelago and Fiji in south-west Polynesia. The species occurs in tropical and subtropical parts of this wider area. It is one of the whistling ducks and is also known by the scientific name given above.
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region, Australasia: Sumatra and Philippines to Australia, New Guinea, New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) and Fiji (sw Polynesia)
