Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Related taxa

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(v.1) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.) (v.1) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.) (v.1) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) 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Other related concepts

• Anas platyrhynchos x Sarkidiornis melanotos (hybrid)
• Netta peposaca x Sarkidiornis melanotos (hybrid)
• Cairina moschata x Sarkidiornis melanotos (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Knobbeleend
Bengali: নাকতা হাঁস
Catalan: Ànec bec crestat
Czech: Pižmovka hrebenatá, pižmovka hřebenatá
Danish: Knopgås
German: Afrikanische Höckerglansgans, Glanzente, Höckerente
English: African Comb Duck, Black-backed Goose, Black-headed Goose, Carunculated Duck, Comb Duck, Knobbilled Duck, Knob-billed Duck, Knob-billed Goose, Knob-billed or Comb Duck, Knowb-billed or Comb Duck, Nakta
English (India): Comb Duck (Knob-billed Duck)
English (Kenya): Knob-billed Duck
Esperanto: Krestanaso
Spanish: Pato Crestudo, Pato Cretudo, Pato ganso
Spanish (Argentine): Pato Crestudo, Pato Cretudo
Spanish (Bolivia): Pato crestudo
Spanish (Colombia): Pato Crestudo, Pato moñudo
Spanish (Spain): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Panama): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Peru): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Paraguay): Pato ganso
Spanish (Uruguay): Pato Crestudo
Spanish (Venezuela): Pato de Moco, Pato de Monte
Estonian: kühmnokk-part
Finnish: Kyhmysorsa
French: Canard à bosse, Canard à bosse ou C. sylvicole, Canard casqué, Canard sarcidiorne, Canard-à-bosse bronzé, Sarcidiome, Sarcidiorne à bosse, Sarcidiorne à bosse ou S. sylvicole
French (AOU): Canard à bosse
Guarani: Ype tî apu'a, Ype-tî-apu'a
Hebrew: מקור-כפתור
Hungarian: bütykös fényréce
Italian: Oca becco bitorzoluto, Oca dal bernoccolo, Oca dal pettine, Sarcidiorne
Japanese (romaji): kobugamo, Kobu-gamo
Japanese: コブガモ
Japanese (Kanji): 瘤鴨
Kwangali: Nkuva
Scientific: Anas melanotos, Anser melanotos, Sarkidiornis [melanotos or sylvicola], Sarkidiornis melanotos, Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos
Lithuanian: Gumbasnapė antis
Malagasy: Arosy, Ongongo, Tsivongo
Malayalam: മുഴയൻ താറാവ്
Malay: Itik Sisir
Nepali: नकटा
Dutch: Knobbeleend
Norwegian: Kamand, Knoppand
Polish: dziwonos, Dziwonos szaroboczny
Pinyin: liú yā
Portuguese: Pato-de-carúncula, Pato-de-crista, putrião
Portuguese (Brazil): Pato de Christa, Pato-de-crista
Portuguese (Portugal): Pato-de-crista
Russian: Гребенчатая утка, Шишконосый гусь
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kabaliththiya
Slovak: hrebenatka škvrnitá, Kačica hrebenatá
Slovenian: Grbasta raca
Shona: Pura
Serbian: Češljasta patka
Swedish: Knöland, knöland/kamand
Swahili: Bata Bukini Nyundo
Tamil: Chendu Vathu
Thai: เป็ดหงส์
Thai (Transliteration): pèt hŏŋ
Tswana: Legôu
Turkish: Komp Ördeği
Tsonga: Patu ra nhova
Ukrainian: Качка шишкодзьоба
Vietnamese: Vịt mồng
Chinese: 瘤鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 瘤鴨