| Antigua
Birds: |
WEST INDIAN WHISTLING
DUCK
Family Anatidae
Dendrocygna arborea
Latin: Dendron=a tree.
Cygna= a swan arborea=tree habitat
This 20 inch uncommon resident, the West
Indian Whistling Duck is a long-necked brown duck with a
dark streak from the top of the head down the neck. It
is found in mangroves and near ponds perching high in
trees. A famous locality is on Guana Island off the
northeastern shore of Antigua. |
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Photo by Peter Duce |
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This bird is largely nocturnal, often seen flying over swamps at
dusk. It feeds on the fruit of palms and it is rarely seen
swimming on water. The Whistling Duck utters a shrill whistled
visisee. It commonly nests amongst water plants in the
ground or in a cavity of a tree or in a cluster of bromeliads
high above the ground. It lays about10 milky white eggs and
incubates in a month. |
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