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Introduction
What the Fulvous Whistling-Duck Looks Like
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has overall_color color of cinnamon and white and black and dark grey.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has above_color color of cinnamon and black and white.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has head color of cinnamon.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has face color of cinnamon.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has below_color color of cinnamon and black.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has back color of cinnamon and black.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has bill color of grey.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has wing color of cinnamon and black and white.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has belly color of cinnamon.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has tail color of black.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has chest color of cinnamon.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has leg color of grey.
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck has neck color of cinnamon.
Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Pictures of the Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Feeding Behavior of the Fulvous Whistling-Duck
When feeding in water, a fish may bob up and down at the surface or tip up with the tail up and the head and forepart of the body submerged.
occasionally dives underwater to retrieve food.
Most of its foraging occurs in wet fields.
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What the Fulvous Whistling-Duck Likes to Eat
The Fulvous Whistling-Duck feeds on the following:
- seeds
- plant material
- aquatic plants and grasses (paspalum, wild millet, sedge, smartweed)
- aquatic insects
Where To Find the Fulvous Whistling-Duck
You can find the Fulvous Whistling-Duck in the following habitats:
- Fresh marshes (mostly coastal)
- irrigated land
- shallow freshwater or brackish marshes in flat open country of coastal plain
- flooded rice fields
- agricultural fields
- ponds
- lakes