Prakruti Parichay
AnatidaeDendrocygna

Fulvous Whistling-duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

51–51 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Mainly NE India and Bangladesh. Larger than Lesser Whistling-duck, with bigger, squarer head and larger bill. Adult from adult Lesser by warmer rufous-orange head and neck, dark blackish line down hind neck. dark striations on neck. more prominent streaking on flanks. indistinct chestnut-brown patch on forewing. and white band across uppertail-coverts. Often associates with Lesser. Freshwater marshes, flooded paddy-fields, and shallow lakes and ponds with emergent vegetation and partly submerged trees.

Colour

Rufous / Red-brownOrangeBlackChestnut
Average size
51 cm
Habitat
Freshwater marshes, flooded paddy-fields, and shallow lakes and ponds with emergent vegetation and partly submerged trees.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Mainly NE India and Bangladesh. Larger than Lesser Whistling-duck, with bigger, squarer head and larger bill. Adult from adult Lesser by warmer rufous-orange head and neck, dark blackish line down hind neck. dark striations on neck. more prominent streaking on flanks. indistinct chestnut-brown patch on forewing. and white band across uppertail-coverts. Often associates with Lesser. Freshwater marshes, flooded paddy-fields, and shallow lakes and ponds with emergent vegetation and partly submerged trees.

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Fulvous Whistling-duck is bigger than Cattle Egret but smaller than eat Ihick-knee.

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Fulvous Whistling-duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

51–51 cm