Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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WHISTLING-DUCK, GEESE, SWANS

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  Dendrocygna autumnalis

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  NO RECORDS.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Accidental Visitant.  One from 01 to 04 May 1994 (photographed on 02 May, MG) at Byrd Locks & Dam (Griffith 1995).

 Fall:  Accidental Visitant.  One on 15 September (WA) and 16 September 1994 (Thomas Heatley) at Apple Grove, Mason Co., WV.

REMARKS:  This species was added to the Regular List of West Virginia Birds based on the above spring record (Hall 1996).