Fulvous Whistling-Duck

The fulvous whistling-duck breeds across tropical regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It is mainly reddish brown with long legs and a long grey bill, and shows a white band across its black tail in flight. It whistles in flight and on the ground, and favours wetlands with plentiful vegetation, including shallow lakes and paddy fields (Wikipedia, general species account).

The unlined nest is placed in dense vegetation or a tree hole, with a typical clutch of about ten whitish eggs. Both partners incubate and the eggs hatch in 24 to 29 days. It feeds by day or night on seeds and other plant parts, and is sometimes a pest in rice. The 2012 National Red List gives no status under this name.