Wandering Whistling-Duck

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Tyto Wetlands, Inham, FNE Qld IMG_0901 20200803

Notes: Smaller, darker, slimmer than Plumed Whistling-Duck. Entirely dark bill, black crown &
back of neck. Short straight flank plumes whitish, edged chestnut. Uppertail coverts form a white
V shape in flight. Largest of three subspecies & the only one in Aust. Prefers deep vegetated
lagoons & swamps, flooded grasslands, where it feeds almost entirely on aquatic vegetation &
seeds. Disperses from dry-season refuges around permanent water to ephemeral breeding sites.

Range from Morcombe^©

Jacana Lake, Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_5698 20220127

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, N NT IMG_4089 20180729

Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0623 20200802 - 2 x Wandering + 1 x Plumed Whistling-Duck: Wandering smaller than Plumed.

Rocky Dam, Flat Creek Station, FN Qld IMG_7500 20200626 - uniformly dark underwing. CLICK to see white V on uppertail,
Kakadu Highway, NE NT 20160717.

Turf Farm, Wrights Creek, Cairns, NFE Qld IMG_6354 20220130

Lakefield NP,NT IMG_4291 20160922 - 2 x with 2 x Magpie Goose.

Innot Hot Spring, FN Qld IMG_1835 20170614 - adult and juvenile (duller, flank plumes not well developed) in front.

Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu NP, N NT IMG_0683 20160808 - adult and 6 chicks.

Nulunbuy,NT IMG_9584 20160821

Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_1216 20210510

Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve, Wnydham, FNE WA, FN WA MVI_3772 20160706