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Abd Alati Elsowayeb

  • Biodiversity Journal, 13 (4): 0813-0816

    Abd Alati Elsowayeb & Khaled Etayeb
    First record of White-faced Whistling-Ducks Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves Anatidae) in Libya
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.4.813.816

    ABSTRACT
    In 24th May 2022, the presence of one adult specimen of White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves Anatidae) was recorded in the sewage treatment lagoon of Al-Saket, in Misrata city about 200 km east to Tripoli (32°19’11.0”N 15°00’48.3”E), Libya. It was found swimming on water surface of the lagoon. Dendrocygna viduata breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America and is considered as gregarious and vagrant species. This is the first record of D. viduata in Libya that requires further confirmation as only one specimen has been observed and being a duck subject to human breeding.