Dendrocygna arcuata
System : Freshwater_terrestrial
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Chordata
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Anseriformes
Anatidae
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    MN
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    MO
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    MR
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Dendrocygna arcuata. Downloaded from http://iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Dendrocygna+arcuata on 05-02-2025.

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Dendrocygna arcuata
Date assessed
2021-10-18
Year published
2023
Eicat category
MN (Minor)
Justification for EICAT assessment


Hybrids between the Wandering Whistling-duck and the Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica) have been observed and documented in the wild in Singapore. There is no evidence that this has caused a decline of populations of Lesser Whistling-duck (singaporebirds 2012, Chong 2015).
Confidence rating
Low
Mechanism(s) of maximum impact
Hybridisation
Countries of most severe impact
Republic of Singapore
Description of impacts
The Wandering Whistling-duck hybridizes with the Lesser Whistling-duck in Singapore.
Assessor
Thomas Evans; Tom Allmert
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Recommended citation
Thomas Evans, Tom Allmert (2025). Dendrocygna arcuata. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).