Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Call and song
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About the Lesser Whistling-Duck
A small, well-proportioned, tree-nesting duck. Pale brown overall with a darker brown crown and nape, warmer chestnut underparts, and chestnut-fringed feathers on the back. Note the faint orange-yellow eyering and the dark gray bill and legs. Sexes similar; juveniles duller. A gregarious duck found in shallow water bodies with abundant vegetation. Flies with rapid wingbeats on broad dark wings; note flashing chestnut shoulders and chestnut rump. Call is a wheezy whistling “seasick-seasick."
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 23 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
