White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called White-faced Whistling-Duck, White-faced Duck, White-faced Tree-duck. Occurrence records of the White-faced Whistling Duck are shared on GBIF from around 83 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1 852 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

83reserves with records

16 767records around them

8provinces

LCIUCN category

White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 852
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserve	NW North West	1 527
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 199
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 105
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 042
Roodeplaat Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	755
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	716
Dinokeng Game ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	699
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	602
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	527
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	467
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	465
McGregor Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	408
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	384
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	362
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	291
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	281
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	281
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	271
Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	258
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	243
Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	243
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	216
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	197
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	185
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	150
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	119
Silkaatsnek Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	113
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	108
Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve	GP Gauteng	102
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	101
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	80
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	79
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	73
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	73
Avani Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	71
Cheetah ExperienceWildlife sanctuary	LP Limpopo	71
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	69
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	64
Knysna Elephant ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	59
Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve	LP Limpopo	57
Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	57
Raptor Rescue PlettWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	56
Modjadji Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	54
Kosi BayNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	51
Mabula Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	49
Klipplaat-PrivaatnatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	47
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	45
Cheetah RidgeWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	39
Dikhololo Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	37
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	32
De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	30
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	28
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	25
Mabalingwe Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	22
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	22
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	18
White River Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	18
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	16
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	15

and 23 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 30 reserves
Gauteng: 13 reserves
North West: 13 reserves
Limpopo: 10 reserves
Western Cape: 8 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves
Eastern Cape: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Dendrocygna viduata
GBIF taxon: 2498396
Wikidata: Q742574

More of the Anatidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.