Spotted Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna guttataSchlegel, H, 1866
English (US) Spotted Whistling Duck
The Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: southern Philippines and Sulawesi to New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and northern Australia (Tiwi Islands off Northern Territory, and north-eastern Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocygna guttata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Whistling Duck
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1866
- Type locality
- Celebes.
- Original description
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.8 Anseres no.31 p.85
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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