Appearance: - The Wandering Whistling Duck has long legs and a long neck. It has a blackish crown and nape, pale brown face with whitish chin, black beak, light-brown speckled breast, rich red-brown underparts and flanks, white undertail, dark black and chestnut upperparts, and the legs and feet are dark. Both sexes are alike.
Notes: - The Wandering Whistling Duck is also sometimes called the Tree Duck. As with other Whistling Ducks it has a noisy call. They enjoy being in the water and rarely leave the shore. There are three sub-species - Indonesian Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna Arcuata Arcuata), Australian Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna Arcuata Australis), and the New Britain Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna Arcuata Pygmaea).
WWT Slimbridge Video clips:
Current video:
Wandering Whistling Duck - July 2012
More videos:
Wandering Whistling Duck - April 2013
Wandering Whistling Duck - September 2015
Wandering Whistling Duck - October 2018
