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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html#.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Does not normally occur in forest
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	75,400,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Increasing		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5.3	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated to number 1,700,000-2,800,000 individuals.

Trend justification: The overall population trend is increasing, although some populations are decreasing (Wetlands International 2006).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Angola	N	Extant
Antigua and Barbuda	N	Extant
Argentina	N	Extant
Aruba (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
Barbados	N	Extant
Benin	N	Extant
Bolivia	N	Extant
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
Botswana	N	Extant
Brazil	N	Extant
Burkina Faso	N	Extant
Burundi	N	Extant
Cameroon	N	Extant
Central African Republic	N	Extant
Chad	N	Extant
Chile	V	Extant
Colombia	N	Extant
Comoros	N	Extant
Congo	N	Extant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant
Costa Rica	N	Possibly Extinct
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant
Cuba	N	Extant
Curaçao (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
Dominica	N	Extant
Dominican Republic	N	Extant
Equatorial Guinea	N	Extant
Eritrea	N	Extant
Eswatini	N	Extant
Ethiopia	N	Extant
French Guiana	N	Extant
Gabon	N	Extant
Gambia	N	Extant
Ghana	N	Extant
Guadeloupe (to France)	N	Extant
Guinea	N	Extant
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant
Guyana	N	Extant
Haiti	N	Extant
Kenya	N	Extant
Lesotho	N	Extant
Liberia	N	Extant
Madagascar	N	Extant
Malawi	N	Extant
Mali	N	Extant
Martinique (to France)	N	Extant
Mauritania	N	Extant
Mauritius	N	Extant
Mayotte (to France)	N	Extant
Montserrat (to UK)	N	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant
Namibia	N	Extant
Nicaragua	N	Extant
Niger	N	Extant
Nigeria	N	Extant
Panama	V	Extant
Paraguay	N	Extant
Peru	N	Extant
Puerto Rico (to USA)	N	Extinct		Yes
Réunion (to France)	N	Extant
Rwanda	N	Extant
Senegal	N	Extant
Seychelles	V	Extant
Sierra Leone	N	Extant
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
Somalia	N	Extant
South Africa	N	Extant
South Sudan	N	Extant		Yes
Spain	V	Extant
St Kitts and Nevis	N	Extant
St Lucia	N	Extant
St Vincent and the Grenadines	N	Extant
Sudan	N	Extant
Suriname	N	Extant
Tanzania	N	Extant
Togo	N	Extant
Trinidad and Tobago	N	Extant
Uganda	N	Extant
Uruguay	N	Extant		Yes
Venezuela	N	Extant
Zambia	N	Extant
Zimbabwe	N	Extant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cameroon	Lake Maga
Chad	Lake Fitri
Ghana	Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site
Mali	Lac Faguibine
Mauritania	Gâat Mahmoûdé
Nigeria	Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Senegal	Djoudj wetlands
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Aquaculture Ponds	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Aquaculture Ponds	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food (human)	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild		Non-trivial	Recent
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild		Non-trivial	Recent
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild	International	Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Species factsheet: Dendrocygna viduata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/10/2019. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2019) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/10/2019.