White-faced Whistling-Duck x West Indian Whistling-Duck

captive White-faced Whistling-Duck x West Indian Whistling-Duck hybrid, Blakeney (Norfolk, UK), 6th October 2012 - copyright Dave Appleton

(photo ID: 0274)

Note West Indian Whistling-Duck is often known as Black-billed Whistling-Duck (not to be confused with Black-bellied Whistling-Duck).

Several species of Whistling-Duck are popular in wildfowl collections and species that don't normally encounter one other in the wild frequently produce hybrids.  Both the parent species were present in the same collection on the date the photos were taken (along with Fulvous Whistling-Duck).

captive White-faced Whistling-Duck x West Indian Whistling-Duck hybrid (same bird as in photo ID 0274 at top of page), Blakeney (Norfolk, UK), 6th October 2012 - copyright Dave Appleton

(photo IDs: 0269-0273)

White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea