{"id":108573,"date":"2026-06-17T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=108573"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:28:27","slug":"knob-billed-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/knob-billed-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Knob-Billed Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Knob-Billed Duck Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rare knob-billed duck \u2014 a species usually associated with the wetlands of Central India, particularly Rajasthan and Gujarat \u2014 has been recently recorded for the first time at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pong-dam-lake-wildlife-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pong Lake Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Knob-Billed Duck<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The knob-billed duck, or <\/span><b>African comb duck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a species of duck named for the prominent, <\/span><b>leaf-shaped comb on top of the male&#8217;s bill.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Sarkidiornis melanotos\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Knob-Billed Duck <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in <\/span><b>tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Indian subcontinent from northern India to Laos and extreme southern China.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It still breeds in freshwater swamps and lakes in the tropics. It is largely resident, apart from dispersion in the wet season.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Knob-Billed Duck <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the largest species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of duck. Length can range from 56 to 76 cm, wingspan ranges from 116 to 145 cm and weight from 1.03 to 2.9 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Adults <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have a <\/span><b>white head freckled with dark spots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>pure white neck and underparts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>upperparts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>glossy blue-black upperparts,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>bluish and greenish iridescenc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e especially<\/span><b> prominent on the secondaries (lower arm feathers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>male <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is much <\/span><b>larger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">than the female.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Young birds are dull<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> buff below and on the face and neck, with dull brown upperparts, top of the head, and eyestripe.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Knob-Billed Duck <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as &#8216;<strong>Least Concern&#8217;<\/strong> under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/himachal\/first-ever-sighting-of-a-knob-billed-duck-at-the-wetland-sparks-excitement-among-birdwatchers-and-raises-questions-about-shifting-avian-habitats\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knob-Billed Duck is a species of duck named for the prominent, leaf-shaped comb on top of the male&#8217;s bill. 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