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Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

About Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Anseriformes
  • Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

Swamps, rivers and lakes in open or lightly wooded areas, as well as more open grassland, marshes, floodplains, flooded forest, pastures and rice-paddies (2) (7) (8). Comb ducks are also often seen away from water, flying over woodland or perched in dead trees (6). Although mainly found in lowlands, they have also been reported up to elevations as high as 3,500 metres (5).
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Visits

  • 2002-12-10
    Moremi Game Reserve - Chief's Island, Botswana
  • 2006-01-09
    Kheoladeo National Park, India
  • 2011-01-23
    Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
    Local Name: Knob-billed Duck
    Image from 2011-01-23
  • 2013-02-01
    Ang Trapeang Thmor, Cambodia
  • 2013-11-03
    Sibiloi National Park, Kenya