SPOTTED WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed on the Daintree River, Queensland, November 2017

1227                  SPOTTED WHISTLING DUCK              Dendrocygna guttata

AUSTRALIA               720

Ranges throughout southern Philippines, Wallacea and New Guinea; has gradually been colonising northern Australia; now down as far as Daintree, though has been seen in Cairns.

Photographed at Wonga Beach, Queensland, November 2017

PLUMED WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed at Napier, New Zealand, June 2017

(*   103)             PLUMED WHISTLING DUCK                  Dendrocygna eytoni 

NEW ZEALAND              73

Found in grasslands near wetlands. 50 cm. Rare Australian vagrant.

LESSER WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

(*  901)                  LESSER WHISTLING DUCK                Dendrocygna javanica

NEPAL            (91)

Found in flooded grassland and paddy fields, freshwater marshes, and shallow pools and lakes with plentiful fringe cover, emergent vegetation and partially submerged trees. 42 cm. Local breeding resident.

LESSER WHISTLING DUCK

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

901            LESSER WHISTLING DUCK              Dendrocygna javanica

SINGAPORE               (45)

Uncommon resident of lakes and marshes with reedy fringes; also observed in small ponds  in parks and secondary scrub. 40 cm. Distribution: much of Indian sub-continent, S China and Southeast Asia, east to Greater and Lesser Sundas.