The West Indian Whistling Duck is a distinctive large waterbird between the size of a large duck and a goose. It was very cool to hear these ducks whistling when I started my early morning birding rounds.
A nocturnal bird that roosts during day in mangroves, wooded ponds and marshes and feeds primarily at night.
Generally scarce and typically somewhat secretive, particularly where hunting of this species is allowed. Call is loud shrill whistle: “pip-pip-pip-weeeeeaaaa” usually given when agitated or in flight.
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