White-faced Whistling Duck

distributiojn of white-faced whistling duck
Names, conservation status and distribution
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Nairobi National Park
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park

white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Mara Triangle National Reserve
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Mara Triangle National Reserve

white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Mara Triangle National Reserve
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park

white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Mara Triangle National Reserve
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park
white-faced whistling duck, dendrocygne veuf, suiriri cariblanco, Dendrocygna viduata, birds of kenya
Amboseli National Park

Quite widespread in South America and Africa, it behaves more like a swan or a goose than a typical duck. Found in freshwater marshes, lakes and rice fields. Usually in flocks, sometimes numbering in the hundreds. They feed at night and eat underwater tubers and seeds of aquatic plants, also molluscs, small aquatic animals and invertebrates. Clutches consist of 6 to 12 eggs, and both partners incubate the eggs for 28 to 30 days.