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Old 16-04-2008, 10:44 PM
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Re: Unidentified birds - need your help, pls....

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Originally Posted by Gill Catton View Post
The second isn't a mallard, but a whistling duck probably a fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor - non-native but a gorgeous bird probably escaped from somewhere.
As Gill confirmed the second picture is that of the Fulvous whistling duck, I took this picture At the Wetland centre near Llanelli in S. Wales.

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