Lesser Whistling-Duck
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Lesser Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Periyar National Park
1 Verified records at Periyar National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are nocturnal feeders that during the day may be found in flocks around lakes and wet paddy fields. They can perch on trees and sometimes build their nest in the hollow of a tree. This brown and long-necked duck has broad wings that are visible in flight and produces a loud two-note wheezy call. It has a chestnut rump, differentiating it from its larger relative, the fulvous whistling duck, which has a creamy white rump. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Whistling-Duck at Periyar National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60–70%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
4 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
5 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
6 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
7 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
9 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
10 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
11 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
12 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
13 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
14 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
15 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
16 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
17 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
18 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
19 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
20 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
21 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
22 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
23 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
24 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
25 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
26 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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