Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) - HBW 1, p. 607
French: Canard à bec tacheté
German: Fleckschnabelente
Spanish: Anade Picopinto
Other common names: Grey Duck, Spotbill, Spot billed Grey Duck; Chinese Spotbill (zonorhyncha); Burmese Spotbill (haringtoni); Indian Spotbill (poecilorhyncha)
Taxonomy: Anas poecilorhyncha J. R. Forster, 1781, Ceylon.
Forms superspecies with A. superciliosa and A. luzonica. The former is often considered a subspecies of present species. Several cases of hybridization reported in captivity with the two aforementioned species, and also with A. platyrhynchos, producing fertile progeny. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 - SE USSR, Sakhalin and Japan to S China.
- haringtoni (Oates, 1907) - E Assam and Burma eastwards to S China and Laos.
- poecilorhyncha J. R. Forster, 1781 - throughout Indian Subcontinent and E to W Assam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird swimming and a close-up of his head. Locality Meiji Jingu Park, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding near the reedbed. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4.3 -
Two birds preening and resting in the river. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A bird foraging near reedbeds. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 4 -
Two birds swimming and looking around. Locality Hitotsuse-gawa, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 4 -
Two birds foraging in a pool overgrown with duckweed, then walking out of the water. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp poecilorhyncha)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 2 years ago 27 sec 4
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in a relaxed mood.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (ssp poecilorhyncha)
vinaydarbal 17 January 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
flying colors
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp poecilorhyncha)
Sharad Agrawal 15 January 2011 41 weeks ago 4.5 -
yawn!
Locality Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Mitsuru Akimoto 14 September 2011 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
One bird at the surface
Locality Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea (ssp zonorhyncha)
Rémi Bigonneau 2 October 2011 12 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in profile
Locality Masinagudi-Ooty Road, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp poecilorhyncha)
vasanthan.p.j 30 July 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Meiji Jingu Park, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp zonorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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Harsh alarm calls Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp poecilorhyncha )
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1996 2 years ago 3
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