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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 1.2 kg
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This duck is around the same size as a mallard and has a scaly patterned body with a blue speculum. At rest the long neck and the bill with the yellow tip are distinctive. It measures 55–63 cm (22–25 in) in length and 83–95 cm (33–37 in) across the wings, with a body mass of 790–1,500 g (1.74–3.31 lb). These are mainly grey ducks with a paler head and neck and a black bill tipped bright yellow. The wings are whitish with black flight feathers below, and from above show a white-bordered green. The male does not have an eclipse plumage. Juveniles are browner and duller than adults.
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When to see the Eastern Spot-billed Duck
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eastern Spot-billed Duck
The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, United Kingdom, Palau.
About the Eastern Spot-billed Duck
The eastern spot-billed duck or Chinese spot-billed duck is a species of dabbling duck that breeds in East and Southeast Asia. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck and both were referred to as the spot-billed duck. The name is derived from the yellow spot on the bill.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulataThese are mallard-sized mainly grey ducks with a darker head and bright yellow bill.
Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostrisThe namesake bill is bright yellow with a black tip and a black band along the ridge of the culmen.
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhynchaThis duck is around the same size as a mallard and has a scaly patterned body with a green speculum bordered by white.
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