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West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea
Taxonomy

West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) en el agua
West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)

The West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) was registered by Linnaeus in 1758.


The West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) in the Animal Kingdom

Classification

Name

Notes

Kingdom

Animalia

Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion.

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides.

Branch

Bilateria

Body with two symmetrical opposing sides.

Phylum

Chordata

Chordates

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Superclass

Gnathostomata

Vertebrates with jaws.

Class

Aves

Birds: Vertebrates with feathers.

Superorder

Neognathae

Birds of Flight

Order

Anseriformes

Waterfowl & Screamers

Family

Anatidae

Waterfowl

Subfamily

Dendrocygninae

Whistling-Ducks

Tribe

Dendrocygnini

Whistling-Ducks

Genus

Dendrocygna

Whistling-Ducks

Species

Dendrocygna arborea

West Indian Whistling-Duck



The West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) has no recognized subspecies.


West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)



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