Prakruti Parichay
StrigidaeAsio

White-winged Duck

Asarcomis scutulsta

66–81 cmVery Large
Beak
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Feet
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Crest
No crest

Resident. NE India and Bangladesh. Large size. White upperwing- and underwing-coverts, and white head variably speckled with black. Head. neck and breast can be ma inly white on some. Sexes similar. although female duller with more heavily speckled head. Juvenile similar to female. although duller and browner. with brownish head. Globally threatened. Formerly placed in Cairina. Flies to feeding grounds at dawn; roosts in forest trees at night. Small stagnant and slow-flowing freshwater wetlands. often with dead trees, in tropical forest.

Colour

WhiteBlackBrown
Average size
73.5 cm
Habitat
Flies to feeding grounds at dawn, roosts in forest trees at night. Small stagnant and slow-flowing freshwater wetlands. often with dead trees, in tropical forest.
Behaviour
Resident., Globally threatened. Formerly placed in Cairina.

About this bird

Resident. NE India and Bangladesh. Large size. White upperwing- and underwing-coverts, and white head variably speckled with black. Head. neck and breast can be ma inly white on some. Sexes similar. although female duller with more heavily speckled head. Juvenile similar to female. although duller and browner. with brownish head. Globally threatened. Formerly placed in Cairina. Flies to feeding grounds at dawn; roosts in forest trees at night. Small stagnant and slow-flowing freshwater wetlands. often with dead trees, in tropical forest.

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White-winged Duck is bigger than Mountain Hawk Eagle but smaller than Snow Goose.

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White-winged Duck

Asarcomis scutulsta

66–81 cm