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White-faced Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna viduata · Family Anatidae
Dendrocygna viduata
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 275,776
- Countries and territories with records
- 90
About this species
This species has 275,776 occurrence records from 90 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (36.9%), Argentina (14.8%), Brazil (13%), Colombia (5.4%) and Kenya (3.6%); together they account for 73.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Dendrocygna viduata combines the genus name Dendrocygna with the species epithet viduata. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Dendrocygna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dendrocygna autumnalis, Dendrocygna javanica and Dendrocygna bicolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 65th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 21.7% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.