Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae > Dendrocygna > Dendrocygna arboreaDendrocygna arborea (West Indian Whistling-Duck; West Indian Whistling Duck)Synonyms: Anas arborea The West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea) is a whistling duck that breeds in the Caribbean. Alternative names are black-billed whistling duck and Cuban whistling duck. The West Indian whistling duck is widely scattered throughout the West Indies, including a large breeding population in the Bahamas, and smaller numbers in Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica. It is largely sedentary, apart from local movements, which can be 100 km or more. Nests have been reported in tree cavities, on branches, in clumps of bromeliads, and on the ground under thatch palms and other dense bushes. The usual clutch size is 10-16 eggs. It habitually perches in trees, which gives rise to its specific name. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.0387 EDGE Score: 3.87442 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 2.271 lbs (1.03 kg) | | Birth Weight [2] | 54 grams | | Female Weight [4] | 2.535 lbs (1.15 kg) |  | | Diet [3] | Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 40 % | | Diet - Plants [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Water Surface [3] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [5] | 9 | | Clutches / Year [6] | 1 | | Incubation [1] | 30 days | | Snout to Vent Length [6] | 21 inches (53 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Bahamian pine mosaic |
Bahamas |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Bahamoan-Antillean mangroves |
Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Caribbean shrublands |
France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Cuban cactus scrub |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Cuban dry forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Cuban moist forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Cuban pine forests |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Cuban wetlands |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Enriquillo wetlands |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Hispaniolan dry forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Hispaniolan moist forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Hispaniolan pine forests |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Jamaican dry forests |
Jamaica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Jamaican moist forests |
Jamaica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Puerto Rican dry forests |
United States |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Puerto Rican moist forests |
United States |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bahía de las Calderas |
Dominican Republic |
A1 |
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Bethesda Dam |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Black River Great Morass |
Jamaica |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i, B4ii |
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Booby Pond Nature Reserve |
Cayman Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2, A4ii, B4ii |
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Botanic Park and Salina Reserve |
Cayman Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2 |
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Caño Tiburones |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Cat Island Wetlands |
Bahamas |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Cayería Centro-Oriental de Villa Clara |
Cuba |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Cayo Sabinal, Ballenatos y Manglares de la Bahía de Nuevitas |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, B4i |
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Cayos Romano-Cruz-Megano Grande |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Central Mangrove Wetland |
Cayman Islands (to UK) |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Christian Cove |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A4i |
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Cienaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Ciénaga de Zapata |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Cienaga Las Cucharillas |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Codrington Lagoon and the Creek |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i, A4ii |
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Crown Wetlands |
Cayman Islands (to UK) |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Delta del Cauto |
Cuba |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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Delta del Mayarí |
Cuba |
A1, A3, B4i |
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Desembarco del Granma |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3 |
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East Caicos and adjacent areas |
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Enriquillo Lake |
Dominican Republic |
A1, A2 |
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Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail, Middle Caicos |
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2, B4i, B4ii |
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Fitches Creek Bay |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Gibara |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, B4i, B4ii |
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Great Inagua |
Bahamas |
A1, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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Grog Pond |
Bahamas |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Guanahacabibes |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hanson's Bay – Flashes |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A4i |
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Hellshire Hills |
Jamaica |
A1, A2 |
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Humacao |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río |
Cuba |
A1, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus |
Cuba |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Jaragua National Park |
Dominican Republic |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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Lagon-aux-Boeufs |
Haiti |
A1, A2 |
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Las Picuas-Del Cristo Cay |
Cuba |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lee Stocking Island |
Bahamas |
A1 |
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Long Island and Hog Cay |
Bahamas |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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McKinnons Salt Pond |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Middle Caicos Forest |
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2 |
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Negril |
Jamaica |
A1, A2, A4i |
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North, Middle and East Caicos Ramsar Site |
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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Offshore Islands |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A4i, B4i |
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Portland Ridge and Bight |
Jamaica |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i, B4ii |
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Potworks Dam |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Río Máximo |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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San Andros Pond |
Bahamas |
A1, A2 |
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Sierra Bermeja and Laguna Cartagena |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Sierra del Chorrillo |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Valley Church Bay |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, B4i |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Caribbean Islands |
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Rohwer, FC (1988) Inter- and intraspecific relationships between egg size and clutch size in waterfowl. Auk 105: 161-176 ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 6Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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