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title: "Marreca-errante"
description: "Dendrocygna arcuata — Aves. The wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/wandering-whistling-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marreca-errante

> Dendrocygna arcuata — Aves. The wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocygna arcuata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 1950
- Wikidata: [Q519946](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519946)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6896](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6896)

## Names

- en: Wandering Whistling-Duck
- de: Wanderpfeifgans
- es: Suirirí capirotado
- fr: Dendrocygne à lunules
- nl: Zwervende fluiteend
- pt: Marreca-errante
- pl: Drzewica wędrowna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1493), PH (124), MY (91), ID (81), PG (27), TL (12), SG (8), BN (4), ZA (3)

## Summary

The wandering whistling duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck. They inhabit tropical and subtropical Australia, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Pacific Islands.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393740287

## Machine access

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