Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks: Dendrocygna autumnalis
Appearance:
Both males and females look similar with red bills, pink feet, white wing patches, and black bellies. The head is brownish-gray with a white eye-ring.

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Whistling Duck)
Black Ducks (Puddle Ducks):
- African Black Duck, Anas sparsa
- American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
- Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa ...

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas ...

Black-bellied Whistling Duck: Fulvous Whistling-Duck lacks black belly, has gray-blue bill, legs and feet and pale brown plumage.
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No Fulvous Whistling Ducks this year, but across from the Harlingen library a flock of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks are always present near the reservoir. They feed at night.

Similar Species: Fairly distinctive. Same structurally as Black-bellied Whistling Duck.

Dendrocygna autumnalis (Black-bellied Whistling Duck)
Histrionicus histrionicus (Harlequin Duck)
Lophodytes cucullatus (Hooded Merganser)
Melanitta fusca (Velvet Scoter)
Melanitta nigra (Common Scoter)
Melanitta perspicillata (Surf Scoter) ...

See also: Duck, Cardinal, Warbler, Turkey, Woodpecker