"By Don Faulkner (Fulvous Whistling-Duck) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Status.
Category E
Native Range
N & S America, Africa and Asia. Resident in southern USA, northern and eastern South America, sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 747 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Four at Ditchford and Stanwick Gravel Pits in Northants on 1st October 1997, 1 on the Tweed estuary in April 2000 one at Ravensthorpe Reservoir in March 2002, 1 on the Nene Washes in Feb 2003. The species is commonly held in captivity and highly unlikely to occur here naturally.
