Thursday, 7 March 2019

Wandering Whistling-duck

Order - Anseriformes
Family - Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Wandering Whistling-duck
Dendrocygna arcuata
斑胸树鸭 (bān-xiōng shù-yā) / 胸斑树鸭 (xiōng-bān shù-yā)

    Malay : Belibis Merantau
    Japanese : オオリュウキュウガモ (ō-ryūkyū-gamo)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大琉球鴨



    Size : 40–45 cm; Wingspan 80–90 cm; 
             Male 741–948 g, Female 453–976 g

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Dendrocygna arcuata arcuata (Horsfield, 1824)
    – Philippines, S Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
  • Dendrocygna arcuata pygmaea (Mayr, 1945)
    – New Britain, where possibly extinct; formerly also Fiji.
  • Dendrocygna arcuata australis (Reichenbach, 1850)
    – S New Guinea lowlands and N & E Australia.
    Birds of N New Guinea intermediate between nominate arcuata and australis.


Dendrocygna arcuata ssp. arcuata
Date : 11 February 2019
Location : Kingfisher Oxidation Park, Jalan Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu, Daerah Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Dendrocygna arcuata ssp. arcuata
Date : 19 February 2019
Location : Kingfisher Oxidation Park, Jalan Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu, Daerah Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Dendrocygna arcuata ssp. arcuata
Date : 19 February 2019
Location : Kingfisher Oxidation Park, Jalan Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu, Daerah Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Dendrocygna arcuata ssp. arcuata
Date : 19 February 2019
Location : Kingfisher Oxidation Park, Jalan Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu, Daerah Kota Kinabalu, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

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