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title: "Marreca-caneleira"
description: "Dendrocygna bicolor — Aves. The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fulvous-whistling-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marreca-caneleira

> Dendrocygna bicolor — Aves. The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocygna bicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 8431
- Wikidata: [Q740741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6899](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6899)

## Names

- en: Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- de: Gelbbrust-Pfeifgans
- es: Pijije canelo
- fr: Dendrocygne fauve
- nl: Rosse fluiteend
- pt: Marreca-caneleira
- pl: Drzewica dwubarwna

## Countries with the most observations

US (2751), MX (1419), AR (1230), ZA (526), BR (348), IN (252), EC (250), CO (146), NI (102), HN (73), SV (65), KE (36)

## Summary

The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It has plumage that is mainly reddish brown, long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a distinctive white band across its black tail in flight. Like other members of its ancient lineage, it has a whistling call which is given in flight or on the ground. Its preferred habitat consists of wetlands with plentiful vegetation, including shallow…

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

## Photo

![Marreca-caneleira](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fulvous-whistling-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304140040

## Machine access

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