Plumed Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna eytoni - Dendrocygne d'Eyton

Dendrocygne d'Eyton
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Dendrocygna

  • Species
    :

    eytoni

Descriptor

Eyton, 1838

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 45 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 75 à 90 cm.
  • Weight
    : 580 à 1400 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Dendrocygne d'Eyton
adult
Dendrocygne d'Eyton
adult

Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Dendrocygne d'Eyton,
  • Suirirí australiano,
  • dendrocisne-australiano,
  • Gelbfuß-Pfeifgans,
  • sarlós fütyülőlúd,
  • Australische Fluiteend,
  • Dendrocigna falcata,
  • plymvisseland,
  • Prydplystreand,
  • stromárka kosierkavá,
  • husička australská,
  • Australsk Træand,
  • sirppiviheltäjäsorsa,
  • ànec arbori d'Eyton,
  • drzewica australijska,
  • Розовоногая древесная утка,
  • Belibis rumbai,
  • カザリリュウキュウガモ,
  • 尖羽树鸭,
  • 尖羽樹鴨,

Voice song and cries

Dendrocygne d'Eyton

Habitat

Dendrocygne d'Eyton
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Dendrocygne d'Eyton
published: - Updated: 25-12-2007
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