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Species profile—Dendrocygna arcuata (Anatidae)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck)

Photos

  • Photo of Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2016
  • Photo of Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck) - Queensland Government,1988
  • Photo of Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck) - Queensland Government,1988
  • Photo of Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck) - McDougall, A.,QPWS,2009
  • Photo of Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2018

Sighting data

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
Species
Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck)
Alternate name
diving whistling duck
water whistling duck
Taxonomy Author
(Horsfield, 1824)
Nature Conservation Act (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Other resources
Atlas of Living Australia

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 October 2014
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