| Spotted whistling duck | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocygninae |
| Genus: | Dendrocygna |
| Species: | D. guttata |
| Binomial name | |
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Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866 |
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The spotted whistling duck (Dendrocygna guttata) is a member of the duck family Anatidae.
Its is distributed throughout the southern Philippines, Wallacea and New Guinea. It has recently colonised Australia, with a small population now resident at Weipa on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula.