October 2013
The Plumed Whistling-duck is distributed in the north and east of Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found on grasslands and at the edges of pools and swamps.
| Previous Page | Back to Index | Next Page |
| Plumed Whistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni |
||||
|
Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia October 2013 The Plumed Whistling-duck is distributed in the north and east of Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found on grasslands and at the edges of pools and swamps. |
|||
|
Unlike other Whistling-ducks it is quite at home on land where it feeds on grasses, sedges and seeds. It feeds mainly at night and spends the day close by water. This trait led to an alternative name in the past which was Grass Whistling-duck. The Wandering Whistling-duck D. arcuata has been known as the Water Whistling-duck. | |||
|
Photo 3 shows a Plumed Whistling-duck alongside two Wandering Whistling-ducks. | |||
|
| If you do not see a menu on the left, you may have arrived at this page from another site. Please click Home to get to my main page.
|