---
title: "West-Indische fluiteend"
description: "Dendrocygna arborea — Vogels. The West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea) is a whistling duck that breeds in the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/west-indian-whistling-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# West-Indische fluiteend

> Dendrocygna arborea — Vogels. The West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea) is a whistling duck that breeds in the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocygna arborea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 928
- Wikidata: [Q378192](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378192)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6892](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6892)

## Names

- en: West Indian Whistling-Duck
- de: Kubapfeifgans
- es: Yaguasa de pico negro
- fr: Dendrocygne des Antilles
- nl: West-Indische fluiteend
- pt: Marreca-laguaça
- pl: Drzewica karaibska

## Countries with the most observations

DO (473), KY (198), PR (111), CU (54), AG (19), JM (16)

## Summary

The West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea) is a whistling duck that breeds in the Caribbean. Alternative names are black-billed whistling duck and Cuban whistling duck.

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

## Photo

![West-Indische fluiteend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/west-indian-whistling-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: kristinpiston · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203274597

## Machine access

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