French: Canard à bec tacheté German: Indien-Fleckschnabelente Spanish: Ánade picopinto indio
Other common names:
Western Spot-billed Duck,
Burmese Spot-billed Duck (haringtoni)
J. R. Forster
Subspecies and Distribution
A. p. poecilorhyncha
J. R. Forster, 1781 – throughout Indian Subcontinent from Indus Valley (Pakistan) and E to W Assam.
A. p. haringtoni
(Oates, 1907) – E Assam and Myanmar E to S China and S Vietnam.
58–63 cm; male 1230–1500 g, female 790–1360 g; wingspan 83–94 cm. Terminal half of inner tertials white, contrasting strongly with dark plumage; bill... read more
Few detailed data. Vocalizations considered similar to those of A. platyrhynchos, although... read more
Various types of inland and coastal (both tidal and brackish) wetlands, preferably in open low... read more
Food and feeding
Essentially vegetarian diet; seeds and vegetative parts of grasses, sedges and aquatic vegetation; occasionally water insects and their... read more
Season variable, according to locality and water levels; mainly Jul–Oct in N India, Nov–Dec in S India, but in Hong Kong,... read more
Mainly sedentary, but subject to some degree of dispersal, mainly related to water availability,... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). In general widespread and common despite hunting pressure. Estimated populations in late 1990s of 50,000–100,000 birds for ... read more
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