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Fulvous Whistling-duck:  

UK Status: Non resident, and introduced into the UK in collections, occasionally one, or two escape. Also known as the Fulvous Tree Duck.

Habitat: This duck prefers well vegetated wetlands and also paddy fields. They are found in the southern parts of the USA, Mexico, other parts of south America, the West Indies, Sub Saharan Africa, and the Indian subcontinent.

Breeding: Nests are made from pieces of the local vegetation, and are unlined. They are constructed near to water in thick vegetation, and some times in a hole in a tree trunk. Females lay around ten whitish eggs which hatch in about three, to four weeks. Ducklings are grey and fluffy. Despite natural predators, and mankinds effort to curb it's numbers, this is a very successful duck in it's given range.

Comment: These ducks make a kind of whistling noise rather than a quacking sound. Males and females are have the same colouration, the females are usually duller, and not so boldly coloured as the males.