Tuesday, May 1, 2012

>Dendrocygna guttata (Spotted Whistling Duck)

Spotted Whistling Duck


Spotted Whistling Duck
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Subfamily:Dendrocygninae
Genus:Dendrocygna
Species:D. guttata
Binomial name
Dendrocygna guttata
Schlegel, 1866
The Spotted Whistling DuckDendrocygna guttata is a member of the duck family Anatidae.
DendrocygnaGuttulataKeulemans.jpg
Its range is the Philippines south through central Indonesia to New Guinea. It has recently colonised Australia, with a small population now resident at Weipa on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.


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