Talk:Whistling duck

Names

Consider renaming Red-billed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) to Black-bellied Whistling Duck. It seems to be more of a common name for that species. Results of a Google search: "dendrocygna autumnalis" AND "black-bellied whistling duck" resulted in 2,310 hits while "dendrocygna autumnalis" AND "red-billed whistling duck" resulted in only 137 hits. --psyphyre 01:57, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)

Dendrocygnidae

Is Dendrocygninae really a subfamily? I think that is a family (Dendrocygnidae). Results of Google search:

"Dendrocygninae" = 1.680 hits
"Dendrocygnidae" = 8.750 hits

Mario and Dario 12:47, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Requested move

 Done Move done as requested. Fences&Windows 17:36, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Dendrocygninae → Whistling duck — Request move to most frequent, and unambiguous, common name. If this page should go at a scientific name, it should be at the genus Dendrocygna, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna). Relisted. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 19:50, 15 June 2010 (UTC) --—innotata 14:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Etymology?

Why the name? Do they whistle?89.80.194.201 (talk) 11:44, 22 July 2010 (UTC)