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Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis · Family Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,160,418
- Countries and territories with records
- 62
About this species
This species has 1,160,418 occurrence records from 62 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (73.8%), Mexico (5%), Costa Rica (4.8%), Colombia (4.6%) and Brazil (2.2%); together they account for 90.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.077% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Dendrocygna autumnalis combines the genus name Dendrocygna with the species epithet autumnalis. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Dendrocygna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dendrocygna javanica, Dendrocygna viduata and Dendrocygna bicolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 38th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is close to the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.