Knob-billed Duck

Latin Name: 
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Category: 
Size: 
75cm
Description: 

Male: white head and neck, speckled black; fleshy knob (comb) on top of beak; black back has purple green gloss; greyish lower back; white lower-neck collar and underbody; short black bars extend on sides of upper breast and flanks. Female: duller, smaller; lacks comb. Small parties, either on water or in trees over water; nests in tree cavities; feeds on surface and in cultivation; can also dive.

Habitat: 
jheels and marshes with surrounding tree cover.
Food: 
shoots and seeds of water plants, grain, aquatic insects, worms, frogs.
Distribution: 
almost entire India; mostly resident but moves considerably with onset of monsoons; uncommon in extreme S and NW India.
Call: 
Call Description: 
loud, goose-like honk when breeding.
National Status: