White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Diet

It is primarily a dabbling duck that wades in shallow water, up-ending and occasionally diving. It’s diet is vegetation as well as aquatic invertebrates.

Habitat

These ducks live in wetlands, including coastal mudflats, estuaries, lagoons, and salty lakes.

Nesting

Nests are built from leaves on the ground in marshes and in hollow trees. The female lays 4‒13 creamy white to pinkish eggs. Incubation is about 26‒28 days.

Did you know?

It vocalizes frequently with distinctive high-pitched, multi syllabic whistles that sound very unlike other ducks. Male and female calls differ slightly and may be a bonding mechanism.