Black-bellied Whistling-Duck(Dendrocygna autumnalis) |
Year | Season | N | S | |
1987 | Fall | | | Reported 8/23 to 10/3 Meeker (2) m.ob. (The Loon 59:2 17). ; |
1995 | Fall | | | Fourth acceptable state record 9/7 Roseau River W.M.A., Roseau County, PS (The Loon 67:247–248). |
1998 | Spring | | | One individual first seen 5/18 Steele fide AH provided a fifth state record (The Loon 70:244); it was finally relocated and documented by photograph in June. |
1998 | Summer | | | Single bird discovered in spring (The Loon 70:244) reported through 6/22 in a wetland within Summit Township in Steele Co. AH, PS. This represents the 5th state record and the first summer record. |
2000 | Fall | | | Sixth state record 8/6 Grant (Prescott L.) †SDM (The Loon 73:64–65). |
2004 | Fall | | | Seventh state record 8/1 Big Stone (Otrey Twp.) †JMP. |
2005 | Fall | | | Eighth state record 10/17 Stevens (adult harvested by hunter in Rendsville Twp.) ph. †SV. |
2007 | Fall | | 1 | Ninth state record 10/28–30 Hennepin (Anderson Lakes Park) JPi, ph. JRa, †CMB, ph. †JPM, ph. NLo, m.ob. |
2011 | Spring | | 1 | Tenth state record 5/14 Watonwan (2 adults, Madelia) †ChH, ph. †AnK. |
2016 | Spring | | 1 | Eleventh state record 5/19–23 Le Sueur (2, Eggert Lake) RBJ, RBW, ph. †DAB, †PCC, ph. †SBM, †TAT, ph. GHo, plus photographs from ten additional observers via eBird. |
2016 | Summer | | 1 | A single individual observed and well-documented 6/6–12 McLeod (Gopher Campfire Sanctuary, Hutchinson) BNn, JJS, ph. HLi, ph. PNi, ph. †BWF, m.ob. |
2019 | Summer | 1 | | Â Seen and photographed 6/24 Grant (North Ottawa Impoundment) † EzH, ph. REn, m.ob. |
2020 | Summer | | 1 | Seen 6/29 – 7/17 Pipestone (2, foraging in farm feed lot, N of intersection of 41st St. and 190th Ave., near Edgerton) †LVD, ph. †KEm, ph. †GWe, ph. †NMe, ph. †LBa, ph. †CRM, m.ob (The Loon 93:46). |
2021 | Summer | | 1 | Seen 7/3 Sherburne (5, farm pond near C.R. 3 and C.R. 23) HHD, ph. ASu, ph. ToL, m.ob. |
2021 | Fall | | 2 | First fall records since 2007: 8/8 Cottonwood JmS, †REn, 9/25 Nicollet (harvested by a duck hunter near the town of Nicollet) ph. JkE, fide GWe. |
2022 | Spring | | 2 | Two south reports of this Accidental species: 5/2 Hennepin (5, Hyland Lake P.R.) RCo, ph. CMB, ph.†ClB, m.ob., 5/14–15 Faribault (1, Old Mill Park, Minnesota Lake) ph. †BAy, †WAF, ph. †KEm, m.ob. |
2022 | Summer | | 1 | Adult seen 7/11 Hennepin (Grass Lake, Eden Prairie) †SLC. |
2022 | Fall | | 1 | One report of this Accidental species: 10/10 Washington (found with a flock of Mallards in a wetland near Lake Elmo) ph. †JVA. |
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  | Twenty-one records: five spring, one spring-summer, six summer, and nine fall. Six of these records involved birds of uncertain origin. Recorded in five of the last ten years, most recently 2022. Formerly Accidental. |