Journal of Natural Science Research and Review (JNSRR)

First Record of White-Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna Viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) in Cyrenaica the Eastern Region of Libya

Buirzayqah, Saleh, Etayeb, Khaled

11 December 2025 · Vol. 1, Issue 6, pp. 190-191

DOI: 10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V1E6/2025-05

Abstract

On 25th August 2025, a White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata was observed in the Kroom Alkhayl area (32°04'17.2"N 23°50'04.7"E), approximately 12 km west of Tobruk City, eastern Libya. This constitutes the second national record of the species in Libya, following the first observation in 2022 at Al-Saket sewage treatment lagoon, Misrata in Tripolitania (Elsowayeb & Etayeb, 2022). This new record also represents the first for eastern Libya, indicating a probable eastward extension of the species’ occurrence within the country.

Keywords: Dendrocygna viduata, White-faced Whistling Duck, Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya.

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Buirzayqah, Saleh, Etayeb, & Khaled (2025). First Record of White-Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna Viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) in Cyrenaica the Eastern Region of Libya. Journal of Natural Science Research and Review, 1(6), 190-191. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V1E6/2025-05

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  title   = {First Record of White-Faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna Viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) in Cyrenaica the Eastern Region of Libya},
  author  = {Buirzayqah and Saleh and Etayeb and Khaled},
  journal = {Journal of Natural Science Research and Review},
  year    = {2025},
  volume  = {1},
  number  = {6},
  pages   = {190-191},
  doi     = {10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V1E6/2025-05},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V1E6/2025-05}
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