Spotted whistling duck

Spotted whistling duck
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Dendrocygna
Species:
D. guttata
Binomial name
Dendrocygna guttata
Schlegel, 1866

The spotted whistling duck (Dendrocygna guttata) is a member of the duck family Anatidae. It is also referred to as the "spotted tree duck".[2] This duck can be found in Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines. Spotted ducks are also held in captive populations.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Dendrocygna guttata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22679735A181753150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22679735A181753150.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Johnstone, R.E. (2013). The Birds of the Kai and Tayandu Islands, Maluku region, Indonesia (29 ed.). Western Australian Naturalist. pp. 11–56.