Dendrocygna bicolour

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014. Dendrocygna bicolour (Vieillot, 1816) Synonym: Anse' r bicolor Vieillot, 1816

English name: Fulvous Whistling Duck (Fulvous Treeduck, Large Whistling Teal)

Bangla name: Raj Shorali, Bada Sharal (SA)

Description: The Fulvous Whistling Duck is a bright fulvous duck with a prominent white rump-band (length 51 cm, weight 700 g, wing 22 cm,

bill 4.7 cm, tarsus 5.8 cm, tail 5.5 cm). It has brownish-black upperparts and chestnut to cinnamon underparts. Its head is rufous-orange with a dark rufous-brown crown. It has a dark black line down its hind-neck and dark streaks on its fore-neck. Its flank has prominent whitish streaks and rump has a  the tundra of Siberia in the summer. The nest is made of plant materials and down. The female lays 3-6 pale brown eggs. The female alone incubates. Incubation takes 22-28 days.

Distribution: It is a vagrant to Bangladesh. There is one sighting in the winter in a river in Dhaka Division. Its global range extends through North America, Europe and Asia.

Status: It is not considered a globally threatened bird. It is not protected by the Bangladesh Wildlife Preservation Act.

Miscellaneous: The scientific name Anser albifrons means a white-fronted goose (Latin: anser = a goose, albus = white, frons = the forehead).

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Copy from

Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of  Bangladesh -BIRDS-Volume 26- Page: 14-15.

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