Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Lesser Whistling-Duck

Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica

Described by: Horsfield (1821)
Alternate common name(s): Lesser Whistling Duck, Lesser Whistling-duck, Indian Whistling-duck, Javan Whistling-duck, Lesser Whistling Teal, Lesser Tree-duck, Indian Tree-duck
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore - Date unknown © Dave Behrens  Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore - Date unknown © Dave Behrens  Yala National Park, Sri Lanka - Dec, 2002 © Dave Behrens  Yala National Park, Sri Lanka - Dec, 2002 © Dave Behrens  Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore - 2004 © Paul Huang 
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Range

Oriental region;
Pakistan (s. Sind, Thatta district, Badin), Nepal (Kosi Barrage), India (Alipore Zoo, Calcutta), Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Is., Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Cambodia, Laos, n. and s. Vietnam, Hainan n. to s. China (Yunnan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and Fukien to the lower Yangtze River), Taiwan and Indonesia including Sumatra (Bangka, Belitung, Mentawai Is.), w. Java, sw. Borneo (Bandjarmasin, Bangkau Lake, Bako National Park), w. Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa and Flores Is.).
Formerly Okinawa in the Ryukyu Is.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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