White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata x West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea hybrid

Note that West Indian Whistling Duck is sometimes known as Black-billed Whistling Duck (not to be semantically confused with Black-bellied Whistling-Duck).

Both the parent species were present in the same collection on the date these photos were taken (along with Fulvous Whistling-Duck).

captive White-faced Whistling Duck x West Indian Whistling Duck hybrid, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 6th October 2012

For comparison, here are photos of the parent species.

White-faced Whistling Duck, Liwonde (Malawi), 27th May 2011 and captive West Indian Whistling Duck, Blakeney Quayside collection (Norfolk, UK), 28th February 2009

For more photos of these species follow the links below:

• White-faced Whistling Duck
• West Indian Whistling Duck