Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Pato Silbador, Guirirí, Black-bellied Whistling-duck
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Dendrocygna
Species
autumnalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: There are two sight records, one at puerto Villamil, Isabela, on 2 July 1960 (Lévêque et al. 1966) and a second on 25 October 1999 at Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz (Tyeand West 2000)
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Meyer De Schauensee, R.M. (1966) The Species of Birds of South America and their Distribution. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
- Tye, A. West, B. (2000) Second Galápagos record of the Black-bellied Tree-Duck. Noticias de Galápagos 61: 26.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dendrocygna autumnalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5075. Accessed 1 November 2026.