Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Fulvous Whistling Duck

  FAMILY -               Anatidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Dendrocygna bicolor helva

  SYNONYMS - Anas bicolor - Viellot, 1816

  REFERENCES - 1 and 2

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Resident, species present all year.                        8
  Vulnerable in Belize                                       7
  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities     7
  Hunted - subsistence or commercial                         7
  U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty                                 6
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               4
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary       Sighting             Dry season       5
  Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed)      Sighting             Dry season       4
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Mussel Creek                         4
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45'           5
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           4
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  8* Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas.

  References

  1  A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed.
  
  2  A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements.
  
  3  Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980.  A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the
     World. Oxford.
  
  4  Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and
     Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A.  Report to
     NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society.
  
  5  Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1992. Distributional Notes and New Species
     Records in Belize.  Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History
     Society. 1(2):6-25.
  
  6  Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List
     of Migratory Birds.  U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794.
     (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird
     Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711).
  
  7  Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize,
     Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern.  Report to Programme for
     Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
  
  8  Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of
     the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.