Avibase: Dendrocygna viduata (White-faced Whistling Duck)

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Jonathan Onongo	2026-02-21	Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site, Uganda (Uganda) (1100 m)	call - [sono]	1083141 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Julien Birard	2025-01-27	Abrania, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (280 m)	call, flight call - [also] [sono]	973596 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Peter Boesman	2016-11-18	Mahango Game reserve, Okavango (Namibia)	call - [sono]	346766 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Ding Li Yong	2023-07-23	Nyarutarama Lake, Kigali City, Kigali-Rural (Rwanda) (1400 m)	flight call - [also] [sono]	818333 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Stuart Fisher	02-05-2001	Pensthorpe, Norfolk , Norfolk (United Kingdom) (? m)	calls of a pair in flight (A) - A free-flying feral population	30126 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Marcos Melo	2020-06-30	Zoológico Municipal de Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo (Brazil)	-	256875541 macaulaylibrary.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Peter Boesman	2013-02-02	Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	call - [sono]	280234 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Romuald Mikusek	2025-02-14	Kotu Beach, Kanifing (Gambia) (0 m)	flight call - ca 50 ex	1042903 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Andrew Spencer	2014-12-29	Lake Ziway, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from a small flock of birds flying overhead at a wetlands at the edge of a large lake. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267913 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Franco Vushurovich	2024-03-02	Bosque de los Constituyentes, Rosario, Rosario (Argentina) (20 m)	alarm call, call - Individuo que al asustarse por mi presencia, vocalizó en vuelo para volver a bajar al bañado. Se escucha su aleteo y las llamadas de alerta. Individual who was frightened by my presence, vocalized in flight to go back down into the swamp. Their flapping of wings and alert calls can be heard.	878955 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Joost van Bruggen	2021-11-29	Kartong, Kombo South, West Coast Region, Kombo South (Gambia) (0 m)	adult, call, female, juvenile, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	689934 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Albert Lastukhin	2013-01-30	Mahatalaky (near Sainte-Luce), Taolagnaro, Anosy, Anosy (Madagascar) (10 m)	flight call - [sono]	976967 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Pablo Hernan Capovilla	2021-08-06	905 Cullen, Esperanza, Santa Fe, AR (-31.454, -60.925), Las Colonias, Santa Fe, Argentina, Las Colonias (Argentina)	-	359965641 macaulaylibrary.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Frank Lambert	2017-11-01	Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	429491 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Julien Birard	2025-01-27	Abrania, Fitri, Batha, Batha Oues (Chad) (280 m)	call - [sono]	973598 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Daniel Nicodemo Donadio	2022-11-21	, São Paulo (Brazil)	-	505968791 macaulaylibrary.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Franco Vushurovich	2019-12-02	Victoria, Entre Ríos, Victoria (Argentina) (10 m)	flight call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	509750 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Franco Vushurovich	2022-09-10	Cinacinal Soldini, Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario (Argentina) (40 m)	flight call - Seis individuos sobrevolando el arroyo Saladillo luego de ver mi presencia. Six individuals flying over the Saladillo River after seeing me. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	749321 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2024-01-20	Fazenda São Miguel, Itajá, Goiás, Itajá (Brazil) (550 m)	alarm call - [sono]	863919 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Faansie Peacock	2015-12-30	Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, Northwest Province (South Africa) (1000 m)	call - The typical whistled calls after which this species is named, by a group of birds resting on the shore of the dam. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	307183 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2017-11-30	Psicultura - Goiânia, Goiânia, Goiás, Goiás (Brazil) (700 m)	flight call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	415357 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA	2022-12-29	Embrapa Arroz-Feijão, Goianira, Goiás, Goianira (Brazil) (750 m)	flight call, song - [sono]	772515 xeno-canto.org
White-faced Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Erik Ostrander	2023-12-06	, Saint-Louis (Senegal)	-	631113705 macaulaylibrary.org
White-faced Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna viduata	Odirlei Vieira da Fonseca	2020-07-26	Reserva Ecológica dos Petroleiros, Tinguá, Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (100 m)	adult, flight call, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	581122 xeno-canto.org

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