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title: "White-backed Duck"
description: "Thalassornis leuconotus — Uccelli. The white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus) is a waterbird of the family Anatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-backed-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-backed Duck

> Thalassornis leuconotus — Uccelli. The white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus) is a waterbird of the family Anatidae.

- Scientific name: *Thalassornis leuconotus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 868
- Wikidata: [Q529857](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529857)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6902)

## Names

- en: White-backed Duck
- de: Weißrücken-Pfeifgans
- es: Pato dorsiblanco
- fr: Dendrocygne à dos blanc
- nl: Witrugeend
- pt: Pato-de-dorso-branco
- pl: Pokraczka

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (680), KE (51), ZM (22), ZW (18), ET (13), NA (12), TZ (11), BW (9), MW (8), UG (8), MZ (7), MG (5)

## Summary

The white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus) is a waterbird of the family Anatidae. It is distinct from all other ducks, but most closely related to the whistling ducks in the subfamily Dendrocygninae, though also showing some similarities to the stiff-tailed ducks in the subfamily Oxyurinae. It is the only member of the genus Thalassornis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-backed_duck

## Photo

![White-backed Duck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-backed-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198979723

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-backed-duck?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).