Knob-billed Duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos(Pennant, T, 1769)
English (US) Knob-billed Duck
The Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: tropical Africa and Madagascar; disjunctly India to southern ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Knob-billed Duck
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anser melanotos
- Described by
- (Pennant, T, 1769)
- Type locality
- Ceylon.
- Original description
- Indian Zoology p.12 pl.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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