Quick facts

Lifespan

9 years

Diet

Fish, floating aquatic plants and duckweed

Habitat

Wetland

Range

A wide distribution range between 1 and 10 million km², they are considered to have a secure global population of between two and twenty million individuals.

The Lesser whistling duck is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. They are nocturnal feeders that during the day may be found in flocks around the lakes and wet paddy fields.