Unggas air (Waterfowl)
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Whistling flocks rise from the rice fields at dusk, long-necked and chestnut-warm against a tropical sky. Asia's most familiar tree-duck, perched as easily as it floats.
- Populasi
- Roughly 200,000–2,000,000 individuals (≈133,000–1,330,000 mature), decreasing trend
- Habitat
- Freshwater wetlands with good vegetation cover — marshes, natural and man-made ponds and lakes, paddy fields, aquaculture ponds, coastal freshwater lakes and mangrove-fringed waters, and seasonally flooded grasslands, generally in lowlands but recorded up to about 1,450 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Despite being a duck, the Lesser Whistling-Duck readily perches in trees and nests in tree hollows, and gets its name from the distinctive high-pitched, wheezy two-note whistle it gives in flight.
- Sebaran
- Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia broadly, from Pakistan across India and Sri Lanka through Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southern China, Malaysia and Indonesia, plus the Andaman, Nicobar and Maldive islands; resident or non-breeding visitor across roughly 21 countries/territories
- Makanan
- Mainly aquatic plant matter and cultivated rice grains, supplemented with small fish, frogs, molluscs and worms; forages mainly at night and early morning by dabbling and diving
- Ukuran
- 0,4 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,72 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,3 tahun
