The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D **SPOTTED WHISTLING DUCK Dendrocygna guttata Status Resident? First recorded on Biak, July 2007 (M. Halaouate in litt. 2021). Subsequently recorded: 8 October 2017 (H. Jacob, eBird checklist S65111026; video), then ten at the tsunami swamp, 7 August 2018 (S. Lorenz, eBird checklist S47719228) and two photographed at the same site, 14 November 2018 (A. Walker, eBird checklist S46415753; Fig. 3 ). A. Walker ( in litt . 2021) added that he saw a flock of 20 flying over the same area on 10 November 2018 . Breeding July 2007 : M. Halaouate ( in litt . 2021) observed juveniles with adults on a river near Wari adjacent to Korim Bay. A. Walker ( in litt . 2021) noted that the two he photographed ( Fig. 3 ) behaved as if they had a nest.