Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 21, 2014
Text last updated December 21, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Knobbeleend |
| Bulgarian | Гребенеста патица |
| Catalan | ànec beccrestat africà |
| Chinese (SIM) | 瘤鸭 |
| Czech | pižmovka hřebenatá |
| Danish | Knopgås |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Knobbeleend |
| English | Knob-billed Duck |
| English (India) | Knob-billed Duck (Comb Duck) |
| English (United States) | Knob-billed Duck |
| French | Canard à bosse |
| French (France) | Canard à bosse |
| German | Glanzente |
| Gujarati | નકટો |
| Hebrew | ברווז בלט-מקור |
| Icelandic | Hnúðönd |
| Indonesian | Itik paruh-benjol |
| Japanese | コブガモ |
| Malayalam | മുഴയൻ താറാവ് |
| Marathi | नकटा बदक |
| Norwegian | kamand |
| Polish | dziwonos |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pato-de-carúncula |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨਕਟਾ |
| Russian | Гребенчатая утка |
| Serbian | Afrička i azijska krestokljuna patka |
| Slovak | hrebenatka škvrnitá |
| Spanish | Pato Crestudo Afroasiático |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pato crestudo afroasiático |
| Swedish | knöland |
| Thai | เป็ดหงส์ |
| Turkish | Amerika Taraklı Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка шишкодзьоба |
| Zulu | unosimila |
Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Anser melanotos
Pennant, 1769. Indian Zoology, p.12 pl.11.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SARKIDIORNIS
- melanotos
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Knob-billed Duck
