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  • Knob-billed Duck, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) copper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Knob-billed Duck, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Asrat Ayalew Gella, all rights reserved

  • Knob-billed Duck, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Asrat Ayalew Gella, all rights reserved

  • Knob-billed Duck, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) copper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Knob-billed Duck, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Alena Dehm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Knob-billed Duck, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Marc Faucher, all rights reserved

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Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

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2,948 observations
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About

Sarkidiornis is sometimes considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the knob-billed duck (S. melanotos), a cosmopolitan species. Most taxonomic authorities split the species into two:

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