West Indian Whistling Duck
by Darla Wood
Title
West Indian Whistling Duck
Artist
Darla Wood
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The West Indian Whistling Duck is the largest of the eight species of Whistling Duck to be found in the world. With its long neck and legs, this duck is actually far more closely related to geese and swans, and like those birds, moults just once a year. Generally, the West Indian Whistling Duck, whose call is a haunting four or five syllable whistle, is between 20 and 24 inches tall, and weighs about two and a half pounds. The ducks are largely vegetarian, feeding on fruits and seeds of grasses and other plants. They also eat freshwater snails, however, and some even develop a taste for tadpoles!
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March 12th, 2013
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