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title: "Plumed Whistling-Duck"
description: "Dendrocygna eytoni — Ptaki. The plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the grass whistling duck, is a species of bird in the whistling duck subfamily of the family Anatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/plumed-whistling-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plumed Whistling-Duck

> Dendrocygna eytoni — Ptaki. The plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the grass whistling duck, is a species of bird in the whistling duck subfamily of the family Anatidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocygna eytoni*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 3461
- Wikidata: [Q917586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6895](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6895)

## Names

- en: Plumed Whistling-Duck
- de: Gelbfuß-Pfeifgans
- es: Suirirí australiano
- fr: Dendrocygne d'Eyton
- nl: Australische fluiteend
- pt: Marreca-emplumada

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3265), NZ (36), PG (7)

## Summary

The plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the grass whistling duck, is a species of bird in the whistling duck subfamily of the family Anatidae. It is resident and breeds in Australia, in a broad arc covering the northern half and most of the eastern third of the continent. There are also non-breeding and seasonally uncertain populations in New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is a predominantly brown-coloured duck with a long neck and characteristic plumes arising from its flanks. The sexes are similar in appearance.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331613009

## Machine access

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