Eyton's (Plumed) Whistling duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Harteman Wildfowl - Eyton's whistling duck
Eyton's whistling ducks only feed at night and in small groups and mainly feed on grass, rice, reed etc which they find on the marsh fringes and on grassy plains. In the daytime the ducks rest in the lagunas, marshes and watersheds in larger groups.
In the wild, the breeding season is from September to December; in captivity from April to June.
They breed from the second year, sometimes first year. Drakes can become a bit aggressive towards other (whistling) ducks during the mating season. They continually threaten then and sometimes even fight.
As all whistling ducks, they prefer to breed in nestboxes. Plumed Whistling ducks lay 10 to 12 eggs which hatch after 27-28 days.
The ringsize is 12 milimeters. You may ring the ducklings when they are 16 days old.
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 100,000-1,000,000 km
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