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English: Description: The White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is natural to the Americas and Africa. In the New World the northern limits of its distribution reaches Costa Rica, perhaps Nicaragua. Continues south to cover much of Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, the Amazon Basin extending to the center of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina (south of Buenos Aires). On the western side of the Andes it includes Ecuador, the southern limits could be in Peru. It has been recorded in Chile. Trinidad is also included in this distribution. Has been seen with some frequency in some of the Antilles: Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Deutsch: Beschreibung: Die Witwenpfeifgans (Dendrocygna viduata) ist eine Vogelart aus der Unterfamilie der Pfeifgänse. Sie ist beheimatet im tropischen Südamerika sowie im südlich der Sahara gelegenen Afrika und kommt auch auf Madagaskar vor. Die in Trupps lebende und vorwiegend nachtaktive Gans bewohnt nahrungsreiche Binnengewässer.
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26.06.2007

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Image:MFB.jpg Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak

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