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| Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha
- Adults |
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| Photographer : | © Srikumar Bose |
| Location : | Tadoba National Park, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
28 February 2021 |
| English synonyms: | Spotbill, Spotbill Duck, Spot-bill Duck, Spotted-billed Duck, Yellow-nib Duck, Yellownib Duck, Oriental Mallard, Burmese Spotbill (haringtoni), Burmese Spot-billed Duck (haringtoni), Indian Spotbill, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Spot-billed Grey Duck, Spot-billed Gray Duck, Grey Duck, Gray Duck, Black Duck |
| Bird Family : | Anatini - Typical Ducks |
| Bird Group : | ANSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
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| Taxonomic Notes : | Two subspecies: A. p. poecilorhyncha and A. p. haringtoni.
The form zonorhyncha is now considered a full species Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha.
Refs.:
Leader, P. J. (2006) Sympatric breeding of two Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha taxa in southern China. Bulletin of the British
Ornithologists’ Club 126: 248–252.
Livezey, B. C. (1991) A phylogenetic analysis and classification of recent dabbling ducks (Tribe Anatini) based on comparative morphology. Auk 108: 471–508. |
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