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Fulvous Whistling Duck
Fluiteend · Dendrocygna bicolor
A warm, tawny-coloured whistling duck with a dark stripe down the hindneck and pale streaks along its flanks. It stands tall like its white-faced cousin and shares the same flute-like call, but is shyer and less common. It feeds on seeds and grasses in flooded grassland, often at dusk.
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Rich tawny-orange all over with a dark line down the back of the neck and creamy side-streaks, lacking the white face of its cousin.
Listen for its call
A soft, two-note whistle 'k-weee' given in flight.
Where to see it in Kruger
Prefers grassy pans and floodplains, often mixing with White-faced Whistling Ducks.
Did you know
Like its relatives it whistles softly as it flies, sounding more like a flute than a duck.
Often confused with
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