Fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor

Identification Tips:

• Large, long-legged, long-necked duck
• Sexes similar

Adult:

• Dark bill
• Dark legs
• Rich buff head, neck, chest and belly
• Black back with chestnut edging to feathers
• White flank stripe
• White rump and undertail coverts
• Dark tail
• Wings dark with chestnut upperwing coverts visible in flight

Immature:

• Like adult, but duller with less contrast between back and rump

Similar species:

Adult unmistakable. Immature could be confused with immature Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, but note the dark rump, white wing stripe, and the lack of white flank stripe in the latter.