 The fulvous whistling duck is found in lowland marshes and swamps in open , flat country , and it avoids wooded areas . It is particularly attracted to wetlands with plenty of emergent vegetation , including rice fields . It is not normally a mountain species , breeding in Venezuela , for example , only up 300 m ( 980 ft ) , but the single Peruvian breeding record was at 4 @,@ 080 m ( 13 @,@ 390 ft ) . 
