White Faced Whistling Duck
Origin - Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe and Trinidad
Call - Low squeaky call (male) high pitch quack (fem)
6 to 11 eggs per clutch Origin - Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe and Trinidad
Call - Low squeaky call (male) high pitch quack (fem)
This duck is an albino version of the Lesser Bahama Pintail
6 to 11 eggs per clutch
Origin - Eastern and Central Siberia
Call -
Baikal teal dabble to feed on the seeds of moist soil plants, rice, aquatic invertebrates, and small fishes found in shallow water.
8 to 10 eggs per clutch.
Origin - Australia
Call - High pitched bugling
Flocks of up to 50,000 have been witnessed.
State bird of Western Australia.
5 or 6 eggs per clutch Origin - North America and Cuba
Call - Soft squeaky
Woodland dweller commonly found perching on stumps and branches. Nests in tree holes.
14 ivory eggs per clutch. Origin - Australia and Tasmania
Call - loud quack
Lives mainly in coastal regions.
Diet consists of insexts and vegetation.
7 to 15 creamy eggs per clutch. Origin - Chile, Argentina, Uraguay and Brazil
Call - Three note whistle
Vegitarian feeding habit.
Male helps to look after the young.
6 to 9 creamy white eggs per clutch.
Origin - Central/Eastern Siberia, Japan, China and Taiwan
Call - low trilling whistle
Can survive in very harsh environmants.
6 to 10 creamy white eggs per clutch. Origins - Alaska and Canada
Call - High pitched 'peep peep'
Green-winged teal feed on seeds of sedges, smartweeds, pondweeds, and grasses, aquatic insects, mollusks, crustaceans and tadpoles.
8 to 9 eggs per clutch.
Origin - Alaska, British Columbia, Nova Scotia
Call -
Hooded mergansers dive in freshwater to feed on small fishes, crayfishes, and other crustaceans, and aquatic insects.
9 to 11 eggs per clutch.
Origin - Europe, Russia, Iran, India and Burma
Call - Normally silent. Wheezing call.
Diving duck.
8 to 10 pale buff eggs per clutch. Origin - South America
Call - usually silent, makes a low 'coo'
Mainly eats vegetable matter.
Quite a tame species.
14 green/grey aggs per clutch. Origin - Most of Europe, Russia, Siberia, Japan and Mediterranean costs.
Call - soft whistles.
Diving duck.
8 to 10 eggs per clutch. Origins - North Africa, South America
Call - very noisy, clear high-pitched whistle of 3 syllables.
Nocturnal habits. Very tame in areas where not hunted.
Stands upright with extended neck when alarmed.
8 to 12 creamy white eggs per clutch. Origin - China and Japan
Call - weak whistle (male) soft quack (fem)
Prefers to nest in dense woodland in or around trees.
Very secrative nesting habits.
9 to 12 white eggs per clutch. Origin - Europe, Russia, Black and Caspian Seas, Asia and India.
Call - Mostly silent, male emits a high pitch call.
Along coastal wintering grounds they feed largely on crustaceans, mollusks, small fishes, and some plant material.
Has a very elaborate mating display.
9 to 10 blue/greem eggs per clutch.
Origin - Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe and Trinidad
Call - Low squeaky call (male) high pitch quack (fem)
6 to 11 eggs per clutch
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