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title: "White-faced Whistling-Duck"
description: "Dendrocygna viduata — Uccelli. The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-faced-whistling-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-faced Whistling-Duck

> Dendrocygna viduata — Uccelli. The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocygna viduata*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 12575
- Wikidata: [Q742574](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742574)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6898](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6898)

## Names

- en: White-faced Whistling-Duck
- de: Witwenpfeifgans
- es: Pato careto
- fr: Dendrocygne veuf
- nl: Witwangfluiteend
- pt: Irerê
- pl: Drzewica białolica

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3049), ZA (2312), BR (2111), BW (383), CO (353), BJ (324), KE (316), MG (313), ZW (213), TZ (208), NA (183), GM (170)

## Summary

The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America.
This species is gregarious, and at favoured sites, the flocks of a thousand or more birds arriving at dawn are an impressive sight. As the name implies, these are noisy birds with a clear three-note whistling call.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348937716

## Machine access

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