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Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
Status.
Category E
Native Range
Asia. Resident across much of India eastwards to southern China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. Birds also breed in Pakistan and eastern China.
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 27 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Not widely kept in Britain perhaps because they are vulnerable in sub-zero temperatures. They are said not to be prone to wander when kept un-pinioned in open pens. May hybridise with Fulvous Whistling Duck.
