Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor

Order: Anseriformes - Family: Anatidae
Status: Resident - Abundant - Breeder. Habitat: Ponds

All records since January 2014
Sounds

© José L. Merlo

© Cora Rimoldi
Adult
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck28 01 15 © Hugo Aguilar
Cinnamon. Blackish upperparts with wavy cinnamon markings. Cream bars on flanks. Plumbeous legs
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck07 08 10 © Claudia Furman
Black line on hindneck
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck7 5 06 © Roberto Ares
White rump
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck7 8 10 © Mirta Ragonesi
White undertail coverts
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck2 2 15 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White foreneck
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck3 12 14 © Nicolás Giorgio
View of ventral wing
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck6 12 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Cinnamon underparts
Hybrid duck/Pato híbrido27 8 14 © Sergio Cusano
See Atypical Ducks
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck20 12 14 © Sergio Cusano
Fulvous Whistling-Ducks live in flocks along with White-faced Whislting Ducks. When breeding season comes they isolate in pairs to reproduce
Flock
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck30 08 06 © Roberto Ares
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck07 05 06 © Roberto Ares
With White-faced Whistling-Ducks Dendrocygna viduata
Reproduction
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck19 11 2005 © Roberto Ares Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck19 11 2005 © Roberto Ares
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck30 11 2005 © Roberto Ares Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck30 11 2005 © Roberto Ares
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck4 12 2005 © Roberto Ares Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck4 12 2005 © Roberto Ares
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck4 12 2005 © Roberto Ares Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck14 12 2005 © Roberto Ares
Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck14 12 2005 © Roberto Ares Sirirí colorado/Fulvous Whistling-Duck14 12 2005 © Roberto Ares

Mating had already begun and it was not possible to document courtship displays prior to mating. During mating the female remians under water and the male grasps her head with the bill. After copulation both celebrate with a short but vigorous water treading as they rise parallel sticking their chests out and keeping their half-folded wings raised.
© Roberto Ares
Parasitism
Pato picazo/Rosy-billed Pochard
See Parasitism
More photographic records since January 2013