Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Spanish: Pijij / Pijiji aliblanco

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Photographed by javiperezsoza on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly also called black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America. In the USA, it can be found year-round in parts of southeast Texas, and seasonally in southeast Arizona, and Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, though it is now a common breeder in...

TaxonomyAves › Anseriformes › Anatidae
Local records25 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records54,454 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2024 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/dendrocygna-autumnalis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.