Black-bellied Tree Duck
aka Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Red-billed Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
A Black-bellied Tree Duck
Photo courtesy of Carol Kelly
The species is widespread from Texas to Peru. With its bright, reddish bill and legs, white wing patch, black underparts and gray head, this gregarious and frequently terrestrial duck is hard to mistake. It tends to be active nocturnally.
Popular in wildfowl collections, these ducks usually lay 12-16 eggs, which require an incubation period of 26-28 days. Both parents care for the young.
Black-bellied Tree Duck Links:
Squaw Creek's page on Black-bellied Whistling Ducks -- birds for sale here.
The Maricopa Audubon Society, in Arizona, has put up a page on the Black-Bellied Whistling Duck.
Black-bellied Whistling ducks in Sullivan Cty., NY.
BB Tree Duck heads
Photos courtesy of Carol Kelly
Just relaxin'
Photo courtesy of Carol Kelly
Black-bellied Tree Duck drake
Photo courtesy of Colt Handorf
A Black-bellied Whistling Duck family
Photo courtesy of Suzanne Landry
On Cypress knees
Photo courtesy of Carol Kelly
Black-bellied Tree Ducks
A juvenile BB Tree Duck
Photo courtesy of Suzanne Landry
BB Tree duckling
Photo courtesy of Clyde Robinson & Avian Empire
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