Scientific Name:
Dendrocygna javanica

Classification:
Order : Anseriformes
Family : Anatidae

Description:
Top of head, brown, very dark on the hind-crown and nape; rest of head and neck, brown; paler on chin; mantle, shoulders and upper back, blackish with reddish buff scaly markings; lower back and rump, black; upper tail coverts, chestnut; tail, black; wings, blackish, with a maroon-chestnut patch; breast, grey brown merging into chestnut on the abdomen; flanks, grayish, with a few white streaks; under tail coverts, whitish; bill and feet, slate grey; 16 inches.

Behavior:
A shy bird frequenting flooded rice-fields, small sheets of water and some rivers, notably the Perak River, Malaysia. The call is a clear plaintive whistle.

Distribution:
Common in Peninsular Thailand, but less so in the Malaysian States and not often seen south of Selangor.

Habitat:
Flooded rice fields, small sheets of water and some rivers.