Species profile—Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling-duck)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Scientific name
- Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824)
- Common name
- wandering whistling-duck
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1977
- Alternate name(s)
- diving whistling duck
water whistling duck - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1977
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
