The Wandering Whistling Duck is a large, red-brown duck. In Kakadu it uses deep wetlands and flooded plains; its whistling call and wing noise may be heard as it flies to roost at dusk.
It has rich red-brown plumage and a dark stripe running over the crown and down the back of the neck.
In Kakadu it uses deep, vegetated billabongs, swamps, and flooded plains. It prefers deeper water with abundant aquatic plants and insects and flies to roost after sunset.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.