A photo of a Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

The black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis), formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States, Mexico, and tropical Central to south-central South America. In the US, it can be found year-round in peninsular Florida, parts of southeast Texas, coastal Alabama and Mississippi and seasonally in southeast Arizona, and Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It is a rare breeder in such disparate locations as Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, though it is now a common breeder in parts of central Florida. There is a large population of several hundred that winter each year in Audubon Park in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. Since it is one of only two whistling duck species native to North America, it is occasionally just known as the "whistling duck" or "Mexican squealer" in the southern USA.
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Ossifrage Rage
Monday 27 Mar 2023 - 12:23am
United States
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wolfakip :)
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 6:52pm
United States
A photo of a Black-bellied Whistling Duck photographed in  United States
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Remi S
Saturday 18 Mar 2023 - 11:30am
United States
A map showing the sighting location
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Lacey C
Saturday 18 Mar 2023 - 12:45am
United States
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