White-faced Whistling Duck

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White-faced Whistling Duck at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, De Mond Nature Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The White-faced Whistling Duck is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (30% of records), Western Cape (20% of records), Mpumalanga (18% of records), based on 2,247 iNaturalist observations. 39 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White-faced Whistling Duck on site or nearby.

The White-faced Whistling Duck is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America.