Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) - HBW 1, p. 594
French: Canard à bosse bronzé
German: Glanzente
Spanish: Pato Crestudo
Other common names: Knob billed Duck/Goose, Black backed Goose; South American Comb Duck (sylvicola)
Taxonomy: Anser melanotos Pennant, 1769, Ceylon.
Sometimes isolated in its own tribe (Sarkidiornini). Race sylvicola sometimes considered full species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanotos (Pennant, 1769) - Africa S of Sahara and Madagascar; tropical Asia from Pakistan through Indian Subcontinent to extreme S China.
- sylvicola Ihering & Ihering, 1907 - tropical South America from Colombia to N Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a male swimming Locality Curitiba Zoo, Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp sylvicola)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 5 years ago 17 sec 4.5 -
A juvenile bathing and swimming Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp melanotos)
Jean Hupperetz 31 October 2004 6 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A pair foraging in shallow water. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp melanotos)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 2 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A male foraging in shallow water. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp melanotos)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 2 years ago 11 sec 3.8 -
Two females resting on a edge of a pond. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (ssp melanotos)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 7 weeks ago 17 sec 3.6 -
A male swimming, leaving the water and preening Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain (ssp melanotos)
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 3.6
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Part of a pair
Locality Lochinvar National Park, Southern Province, Zambia (ssp melanotos)
Marco Valentini 7 September 2011 19 weeks ago 4.2 -
flying
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp melanotos)
jugal Tiwari 11 June 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Sankidiornis melanotos on a dead tree near Resistencia road.
Locality Escondido, Tarija Department, Bolivia
EfraimPenaranda 30 December 2011 5 weeks ago 3.8 -
Breeding male in a pond at Tarangire NP
Locality Tanzania (ssp melanotos)
Jim Watt 9 March 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Females
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 17 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
swiming with pin tailed ducks
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Lior Kislev 17 January 2006 10 weeks ago 3.7
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