The ducks, primarily cavity nesters, prefer the confines of a hollow tree, but will nest on the ground when necessary. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. It has a long red bill, long head and longish legs, pale gray head and mostly gray-brown plumage. As the name implies, these are noisy birds with a clear whistling waa-chooo call. Bufflehead. American wigeon. Males and females look alike; juveniles are similar but have a gray bill and less contrasting belly. Black-bellied whistling duck. Range expanding north in recent years. Identification. When on the ground, it may be hard to discern the light flanks present in many of these waterfowl. Feeding often occurs nocturnally, but they can be encountered eating at any hour of the day. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, though it is now a common breeder in parts of central Florida. It is the common breeder in Florida. Listen +7 more audio recordings. Listen for them, too—these ducks really do have a whistle for their call. Their nests are usually close to the water but may be up to a quarter-mile away from it. American black duck. Black-bellied whistling ducks rarely move long distances, but these birds were seen near Saltsburg in Pennsylvania. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. Listen for them, too—these ducks really do have a whistle for their call. Sign up for our mailing list to get latest updates and offers. Since late 2019, after the dredging of Lake Roberta in Tampa, Florida, a flock of more than 100 whistling ducks has taken up residence on the shores of the lake. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. They can also be stimulated to whistle in response to an imitation of their own call, especially if they cannot see where it is coming from! This friendship between pairs is particularly obvious when they are separated as they tend to call loudly to each other until reunited. The belly and tail are black, and the body plumage, back of the neck and cap are a rich chestnut brown. The face and upper neck are gray, and they sport a thin but distinct white eye-ring. Other ducks, geese and swans. The extensive white i… Both parents share all tasks associated with the raising of young, from incubation to the rearing of ducklings. Listen for them, too—these ducks really do have a whistle for their call. Black-bellied whistling ducks on a manmade nest box in Central Florida, An adult Black-bellied Whistling Duck and sixteen ducklings in Parrish, Florida, Black-bellied whistling ducklings in South Texas. Photos: cmsheehyjr, boisvertvert1, marcodiego87, Domenico Chiarenza, giostrega, fernandezroldanjd, creaturesnapper, Larry Daugherty ~ slow for several days! This flock has returned every year nesting in a marshy area and observed by residences in the rural area. [1], visual observations Jim and Karen Holcomb, International Union for Conservation of Nature, "Twenty-Third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds", "Nomenclature of the Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck", Black-bellied Whistling-duck photo gallery, black-bellied-whistling-duck-dendrocygna-autumnalis, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-bellied_whistling_duck&oldid=986289553, Native birds of the Southwestern United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Bencke, Glayson Ariel (2007): Avifauna atual do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: aspectos biogeográficos e distribucionais ["The Recent avifauna of Rio Grande do Sul: Biogeographical and distributional aspects"]. They also use man-made nest boxes and occasionally nest on the ground. In places like Texas and Louisiana, watch for noisy flocks of these gaudy ducks dropping into fields to forage on seeds, or loafing on golf course ponds. 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It usually nests in hollow trees (in South America many times in palm trees). In places like Texas and Louisiana, watch for noisy flocks of these gaudy ducks dropping into fields to forage on seeds, or loafing on golf course ponds. The black-bellied whistling duck is listed as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); its global population is estimated at 1,100,000–2,000,000 birds and increasing. D. a. autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The extensive white in the wings is obvious in flight, less so on the ground; it is formed by the secondary remiges while the primaries are black; the wing-coverts are brown. Its pairs often stay together for many years, a trait more often associated with geese and swans. Dendrocygna autumnalis. discolor.[5]. Black scoter. The belly and tail are black, and the body plumage, back of the neck and cap are a rich chestnut brown. The fulvous whistling duck (D. bicolor) is the only sympatric whistling duck that shows such a whitish flank stripe, and it differs from the black-bellied by having dark wings and a lighter belly rather than the other way around. This duck is also called Mexican Squealer in the southern part of the USA. [6] It is highly gregarious, or social, forming large flocks when not breeding, and is largely resident apart from local movements. Talk held on 2007-JUN-22 at, This page was last edited on 30 October 2020, at 22:54. In places like Texas and Louisiana, watch for noisy flocks of these gaudy ducks dropping into fields to forage on seeds, or loafing on golf course ponds. flight call. A fairly new arrival on the Louisiana waterfowl scene is the black bellied whistling duck, which provides some good eating, according to LDWF waterfowl study leader Larry Reynolds. Black-bellied whistling ducks ingest a wide variety of plant material, but also consume arthropods and aquatic invertebrates when available. Juvenile D. autumnalis are quite similar to young of the white-faced whistling duck (D. viduata), which have a darker bill and no white wing patch; even when sitting they never seem to show white along the sides, as their thin white vertical barring on the black flanks is very indistinct. Travels in flocks. The black-bellied whistling duck is a mid-sized waterfowl species. Since it is one of only two whistling duck species native to North America, it is occasionally just known as the "whistling duck" or "Mexican squealer" in the southern USA. A fairly new arrival on the Louisiana waterfowl scene is the black bellied whistling duck, which provides some good eating, according to LDWF waterfowl study leader Larry Reynolds. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. :-), Daniel Mclaren .:. The black-bellied whistling duck is a common species that is "quite tame, even in the wild". A large flock was observed and photographed by a local resident in Audubon Park, New Orleans, Louisiana in February 2016. Chestnut-and-black body with electric pink legs and red bill. Barnacle goose. Listen for them, too—these ducks really do have a whistle for their call. Gangly with long neck and legs. In places like Texas and Louisiana, watch for noisy flocks of these gaudy ducks dropping into fields to forage on seeds, or loafing on golf course ponds. Naturalist Guide CR Flickr.com. Brant. They also make use of chimneys, abandoned buildings, or nest boxes, the latter having been increasingly provided to them over recent decades, especially in southeast Texas and Mexico. Calls frequently. Recent spike from Leesburg to the Ocklawaha region with many nightly flights averaging 10 per flight. They often feed on submerged vegetation by wading through shallow water. However, the ducks are waterfowl species mainly found in the South US and tropical South America. [2][3] It has a long red bill, long head and longish legs, pale gray head and mostly gray-brown plumage. There are two subspecies, which intergrade in Panama: Prior to 1978, birds from western Panama north to the southern USA were erroneously referred to as D. a. autumnalis and birds from eastern Panama into South America were referred to as D. a. The face and upper neck are gray, and they sport a thin but distinct white eye-ring. The black-bellied whistling duck is quite unique among ducks in their strong monogamous pair-bond. Birds in the extreme northern portions of their range (Arizona, Louisiana, and parts of Texas) move south in winter. They have been in this area for more than a year. At the heart of their range, there is a tendency to travel in flocks over the winter months, though this behavior is not a true long-range migration but rather local dispersal. Blue-winged teal. Active at night. The black-bellied whistling duck is a mid-sized waterfowl species. Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) bird sounds free download on dibird.com. The black-bellied whistling duck is mainly non-migratory. Barrow's goldeneye. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. They may be vagrants or escaped from aviculture. Seven adults and eight ducklings were observed on west side of Lake Apopka, Central Florida on 24 July 2015. Breeding in South America, Middle America, North America: se … [7] Since 2009, this species has now become a common breeder in Lake County, Florida, with adult pairs with offspring seen by lakes and in wetlands near Eustis, Tavares, Leesburg, and other municipalities; large wintering flocks of 30+ birds can be seen throughout the county, even up to Lake Norris in the NE central portion of the county (Ralph Risch, Biologist II, Florida Forest Service, Lake Forestry Station; personal observation). The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. There has been a large flock noted for about two years in the River Plantation area of Parrish in Manatee County, Florida and inland from Port Manatee in the northern part of the county. Sign in to see your badges. 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