West Indian Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)

________________________________________________________________

Conservation Status: Near Threatened (IUCN) 

Local Status: Rare

West Indies Endemic Bird

____________________________________________________________HOME_

The West Indian Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) is the largest and darkest of the whistling ducks, a Near Threatened Caribbean endemic found in mangroves, wooded ponds, and wetlands.

Length: 19-22" (48-56 cm); Habitat: Mangroves; ponds; fields; Statue: Very rare, Vagrant; Comments: West Indies Endemic; Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list as  "Near Threatened and decreasing"

Black and white marking on the flanks

Brown breast, long black legs, whitish underparts

Separated from Black-bellied(back) by color of bill, flanks

also no eye ring on West Indies (R)