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 LC    Indian Spot-billed Duck* Id (Atlas):
    Anas poecilorhyncha

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Indian Spot-billed Duck, Spot-billed Duck, Grey Duck, Gray Duck, Spotbill, Spot billed Grey Duck, Spot billed Gray Duck, Chinese Spotbill, Burmese Spotbill, Indian Spotbill

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
55 - 63 cm

First Described (Guide)
Forster, 1781

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China) (B), India, Japan, Laos, Mongolia (B), Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea (B), Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Asian), Russia (Central Asian), South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Thailand, USA, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 910,000 - 1,800,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

 
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) [XC547552]
     by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Wildlife Institute of India Campus--Nature Trail, Uttarakhand, India (call)

 
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) [XC114233]
     by Rajgopal Patil from Krishna River, India (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) and Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica). Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) is often considered a subspecies of Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • poecilorhyncha Forster, 1781   -  Throughout Indian Subcontinent and east to western Assam.
  • zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866   -  South-eastern USSR, Sakhalin and Japan to southern China. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Chinese Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha).
  • haringtoni (Oates, 1907)   -  Eastern Assam and Burma east to southern China and Laos.



References
See References.


Files:
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