Whistling Ducks
Length--18-19 in.
Weight--1¾ lbs.
The trailing legs and rounded wings of these slow flying ducks makes
them look bigger than they are.
Both species are primarily Mexican. In the U.S., the black-bellied is
found only in south Texas and Louisiana. The fulvous also occurs there
and in Florida with occasional stragglers further north along both
coasts and the Mississippi Valley. The fulvous is the more common of the
two species in the United States.
Sexes are alike. Both species have shrill whistling calls.