Plumed Whistling-Duck

 Scientific name: Dendrocygna eytoni

Plumed Whistling-Ducks are easily identitied by their long pale breast feathers and shrill whistling call. They roost in large flocks and are a regular at Lake Galletly. These birds rarely swim and never dive and are more at home on land then water. They roost by water during the day and then go out to feed on grasslands at night.

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