Knob-billed duck

Knob-billed duck
Male, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
Female, India
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Sarkidiornis
Species:
S. melanotos
Binomial name
Sarkidiornis melanotos
(Pennant, 1769)
Global range
Synonyms

Anser melanotos Pennant, 1769

The knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) or African comb duck is a type of duck found along the tropical/sub-tropical wetlands and waterways of Sub-Saharan Africa and the island of Madagascar, as well as most of South Asia and mainland Indochina.

Most taxonomic authorities classify the knob-billed duck and the comb duck separately. A misidentified species of extinct Mauritian comb duck was initially described from unrecognised remains of the Mauritius sheldgoose (Alopochen mauritiana); this was realised as early as 1897,[3] but the printed case of mistaken identity can still, occasionally, be found in modern-day sources.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sarkidiornis melanotos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45953631A95159254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45953631A95159254.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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