Dendrocygna guttata, Schlegel, 1866

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 16

**SPOTTED WHISTLING DUCK Dendrocygna guttata

Status Resident? First recorded on Biak, July 2007 (M. Halaouate in litt. 2021). Subsequently recorded: 8 October 2017 (H. Jacob, eBird checklist S65111026; video), then ten at the tsunami swamp, 7 August 2018 (S. Lorenz, eBird checklist S47719228) and two photographed at the same site, 14 November 2018 (A. Walker, eBird checklist S46415753; Fig. 3 ). A. Walker (in litt. 2021) added that he saw a flock of 20 flying over the same area on 10 November 2018.

Breeding July 2007: M. Halaouate (in litt. 2021) observed juveniles with adults on a river near Wari adjacent to Korim Bay. A. Walker (in litt. 2021) noted that the two he photographed ( Fig. 3 ) behaved as if they had a nest.

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Figure 3. Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata, Biak, 14 November 2018 (© Andy Walker)