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Indian Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, JR 1781

The Indian spot-billed duck is a large dabbling duck that is a non-migratory breeding duck throughout freshwater wetlands in the Indian subcontinent. The name is derived from the red spot at the base of the bill that is found in the mainland Indian population. When in water it can be recognized from a long distance by the white tertials that form a stripe on the side, and in flight it is distinguished by the green speculum with a broad white band at the base. This species and the eastern spot-billed duck were formerly considered conspecific, together called the spot-billed duck. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Anas
Scientific:
  Anas poecilorhyncha

Original description

Citation:
  Forster, JR 1781

Reference:
   Indische Zool.

Protonym:
  Anas poecilorhyncha

Type locality:
  Ceylon.

Link:
  http://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ178506502

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  759C5EB8F2513E96

Avibase ID:
  avibase-759C5EB8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/759C5EB8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 553918

Geographic range:

  • Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha: Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka
  • Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni: Myanmar and Assam to far southern China and Laos
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Catalan:
Ànec becpintat de l'Índia
Czech:
kachna skvrnozobá
Danish:
Pletnæbbet And
German:
Indien-Fleckschnabelente
Spanish:
Ánade picopinto indio
Spanish (Spain):
Ánade Picopinto Indio
Finnish:
täplänokkasorsa
French:
Canard à bec tacheté
Croatian:
šarenokljuna patka
Hungarian:
foltoscsőrű réce
Icelandic:
Flekkönd
Italian:
Germano beccomacchiato
Japanese (romaji):
akaboshikarugamo
Japanese:
アカボシカルガモ
Lithuanian:
Dėmėtasnapė antis
Dutch:
Indische Vlekbekeend
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Flekknebband
Norwegian:
Flekknebband
Polish:
kaczka pstrodzioba
Portuguese:
Pato-de-bico-pintado
Portuguese (Portugal):
pato-de-bico-pintado-indiano
Russian:
Пестроносая кряква
Slovak:
kačica pestrozobá
Serbian:
Indijska plovka pegavog kljuna
Swedish:
indisk fläcknäbband
Ukrainian:
Крижень чорний
Chinese:
印缅斑嘴鸭
Chinese (Traditional):
印緬花嘴鴨〔印緬斑嘴鴨〕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Indian Spot-billed Duck ( Anas poecilorhyncha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
Western Spot-billed Duck ( Anas poecilorhyncha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Western Spot-billed Duck ( Anas poecilorhyncha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Canard à bec tacheté ( Anas poecilorhyncha) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Anas [poecilorhyncha or zonorhyncha] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: দেশি মেটেহাঁস, হদচ঱ হভমট঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): dēśi mēṭēhām̐sa
Catalan: Ànec becpintat de l'Índia, Ànec de bec pintat
Czech: Kachna indická, Kachna skvrnozobá
Chuvash: чăпар сăмсаллă кăвакал
Welsh: Hwyaden bigfannog
Danish: Brogetnæbbet And, Indisk Pletnæbbet And, Pletnæbbet And
German: Chinesische Fleckschnabelente, Fleckschnabelente, Indien-Fleckschnabelente, Östliche Fleckschnabelente
English: Black Duck, Burmese Spotbill, Chinese Spot-billed Duck, Eastern Gray Duck, Eastern Grey Duck, Gray Duck, Grey Duck, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Spotbill, Spotbill Duck, Spot-billed Duck, Spot-billed Gray Duck, Spot-billed Grey Duck, Western Spot-billed Duck, Yellow-nib Duck
English, HBW: Indian Spot-billed Duck
English (IOC): Indian Spot-billed Duck
English (United States): Indian Spot-billed Duck
Esperanto: Hinda makulbeka anaso, Punktobeka anaso
Spanish: Anade Picopinto, Ánade Picopinto, Ánade picopinto indio, Pato Australiano
Spanish (Spain): Ánade Picopinto Indio
Spanish (HBW): Indian Spot-billed Duck
Estonian: laiknokk-part
Finnish: Täplänokkasorsa
French: Canard à bec tacheté, Canard à sourcils
Frisian: Plaksnaffelein
Irish: Lacha ghob-bhreac, Lacha spotghobach
Galician: Pato de bico pintado
Hebrew: ברווז עקוד-מקור הודי
Croatian: šarenokljuna patka
Hungarian: foltoscsőrű réce, Indiai foltoscsőrű réce
Icelandic: Flekkönd
Italian: Anatra beccomacchiato, Anatra dal becco macchiato, Germano beccomacchiato
Japanese (romaji): akaboshikarugamo, karugamo, Karu-gamo
Japanese: アカボシカルガモ, カルガモ
Japanese (Kanji): 軽鴨
Mongolian, Halh: филиппин нугас
Khakas: Хара чазы öртегi
Korean: 흰뺨검둥오리
Kirghiz: кара соно
Scientific: Anas poecilorhyncha, Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha, Anas poecilorhynchus
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasnapė antis
Latvian: raibknābja pīle
Malayalam: പുള്ളിച്ചുണ്ടൻ താറാവ്
Mongolian: Зэрлэгшир нугас, филиппин нугас
Marathi: हळदीकुंकू बदक
Malay: Itik Paruh Bintik
Nepali: नादुन हा“स
Dutch: Indische Vlekbekeend, Vlekbekeend
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekknebband
Norwegian: Flekknebband
Polish: kaczka pstrodzioba
Pinyin: bān-zuǐ yā
Portuguese: Pato-de-bico-pintado
Portuguese (Portugal): pato-de-bico-pintado-indiano
Rhaeto-Romance: Anda dal bec taclà
Russian: Кряква пестроносая, Кряква черная, Пестроносая кряква, Черная кряква, Чёрная кряква
Yakut: быры көҕөнө, бырыы көҕөнө, лахаада, лахаатта көҕөн, хара көҕөн
Northern Sami: Dielkonjunvuojaš
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Thith-hota Seruwa
Slovak: Kačica pestrozobá
Slovenian: Pegakluna mlakarica
Serbian: Indijska plovka pegavog kljuna
Swedish: Fläcknäbbad and, Fläcknäbband, indisk fläcknäbband
Tamil: Pulli Mookku Vathu
Thai: เป็ดเทา, เป็ดเทาพันธุ์อินเดีย
Thai (Transliteration): pèt tʰaw, pèt tʰaw pʰan in-dia
Turkish: Hint Benekgagası
Tuvinian: Кара бос
Ukrainian: Крижень чорний
Uzbek: қора ѐввойи ўрдак
Vietnamese: Vịt mỏ đốm, Vịt trời
Chinese: [ban-zui ya], [huang-zui jian ya], [hua-zui ya], [huo-liao ya], 印缅斑嘴鸭, 斑嘴鴨, 斑嘴鸭, 火燎鸭, 花嘴鴨, 黄嘴尖鸭
Chinese (Traditional): 印緬花嘴鴨〔印緬斑嘴鴨〕, 斑嘴鴨, 花嘴鴨〔斑嘴鴨〕
Chinese (Taiwan): [hua-zui ya], 花嘴鴨

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