This one doesn't actually qualify as a lifer because I saw it in captivity at The Living Desert, but I'm posting it here anyways as a place holder.
8/31/02 Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, Riverside County, CA
COMMON NAME: Fulvous Whistling Duck
SPECIES: Dendrocygna bicolor
FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)
From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:
BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: Locally common in southern marshes, rice fields, lakes, and other wide-open habitats. Flocks often fly around at dawn and dusk. A few may wander far north of normal range. Usually nests on the ground.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 20"; Butterscotch color with gray bill, long neck, white stripe on flanks.
VOICE: Hoarse whistle, ka-wheeeah, often given while flying.
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