fulvous whistling-duck

noun

variants or fulvous whistling duck or less commonly fulvous tree duck

: a chiefly yellowish to reddish brown widespread whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) typically of tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Asia, and Africa that is most active at night

A fulvous whistling-duck—an incredibly rare species in Indiana—has been reported at Goose Pond …

—Dawn Hewitt, Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana), 4 July 2010

And we spotted a couple alligators, a green-back heron, several flocks of lingering waterfowl including a flight of fulvous whistling ducks …

—Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller Times, 3 May 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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