Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

Spanish: Pijiji canelo

The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It has plumage that is mainly reddish brown, long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a distinctive white band across its black tail in flight. Like other members of its ancient lineage, it has a whistling call which is given in flight or on the ground. Its preferred habitat consists of wetlands with plentiful vegetation, including shallow lakes and paddy fields. The nest, built from plant material and unlined, is placed among dense vegetation or in a tree hole. The typical clutch is around ten whitish eggs. The breeding adults, which pair for life, take turns to incubate, and the eggs hatch in 24–29 days. The downy grey ducklings leave the nest within a day or so of hatching, but the parents continue to protect them until they fledge around nine weeks later. Most often recorded in Mar.

• 2024-03-11 — observation by ted_goshulak
• 2024-03-11 — observation by ted_goshulak
• 2024-03-11 — observation by ted_goshulak

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Cite as: “Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/dendrocygna-bicolor/, 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.