Species profile—Dendrocygna eytoni (plumed whistling-duck)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) → Dendrocygna eytoni (plumed whistling-duck)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans)
- Scientific name
- Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838)
- Common name
- plumed whistling-duck
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1978
- Alternate name(s)
- grass whistle-duck
plumed whistling duck
Eytons' tree duck
plumed tree duck
whistling duck - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1978.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
