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Illustration of a Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) egg, 53.4 × 40.7 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Dendrocygna bicolor

  • 53.4 × 40.7 mm
  • Clutch: 2–44 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico, Central America (7 countries), the Caribbean and South America (10 countries)
show all 20Canada & United States: United States
Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Caribbean islands
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Unmarked, creamy or ochre-tinged white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 212 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 130, 1925), p. 275.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 1, p. 96.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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