**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.