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Wandering Whistling-DuckAlternate name(s): "Diving Whistling-Duck", "Tree-duck", "Water Whistling-Duck", "Whistling Tree Duck", "Whistling Duck*", "Wandering Tree Duck" ![]() Size: 55-60 cm Weight: 0.75-1.0 kg |
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Race "australis"
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ADULT |
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PAIR |
Frontal view of a pair of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Wetlands, Moggill, QLD, August 2022]
Near-frontal view of a pair of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Wetlands, Moggill, QLD, August 2022]
Near-frontal view of a pair of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Wetlands, Moggill, QLD, August 2022]
Lateral view of a pair of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Moggill Wetlands, Moggill, QLD, August 2022]
Lateral view of a pair of Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2015]
Lateral view of two Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, December 2014]
Lateral/near-dorsal view of a pair of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam CR,
NT, August 2013]
Sex unknown |
Near-frontal view of an adult Wandering Whistling-Duck
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]
Close-up lateral view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, December 2014]
Near-dorsal view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck
[Fogg Dam CR,
NT, August 2014]
Dorsal view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]
Near-dorsal view of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wynnum Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, August 2017]
Near-dorsal view of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
[Fogg Dam CR,
NT, August 2014]
Small group of Wandering Whistling-Ducks
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Fogg Dam CR,
NT, August 2018]
"Nope, not one of ours..." (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Fogg Dam CR,
NT, November 2018]
Mixed flock of Wandering Whistling-Ducks and Plumed Whistling-Ducks in a
tropical floodplain,
avoiding a saltwater crocodile (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Mary River, NT, August 2008]
Comparison of a Wandering Whistling-Duck with a male
Hardhead
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Lytton, QLD, November 2018]
Comparison between Pacific
Black Ducks, right, and a Wandering Whistling-Duck, left
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, December 2014]
Comparison of a Wandering Whistling-Duck with a male
Green Pygmy-Goose in
breeding plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR, NT,
October 2018]
Frontal view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck banking to land
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam CA,
NT, August 2017]
Lateral view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck at take-off
(photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Carrara, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2015]
Lateral view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam CA,
NT, August 2017]
Lateral view of Whistling-Ducks touching down
[Gordonbrook Dam, near Kingaroy, QLD, June 2017]
Near-dorsal view of a Wandering Whistling-Duck in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam CA,
NT, August 2017]
Dorsal view of a Wandering Whistling-Ducks in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam CA,
NT, August 2017]
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: Communal | Mobility: Nomadic | Elementary unit: Flock |
Wandering Whistling-Ducks are usually seen by us in smaller units than Plumed Whistling-Ducks
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Food, Diet |
Like all other geese, ducks and swans, Wandering Whistling-Ducks are vegetarian. They feed on underwater plants.