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Indian Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha · Family Anatidae

Anas poecilorhyncha

Family Anatidae

Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
GBIF occurrence records
397,838
Countries and territories with records
40
Indian Spot-billed Duck
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About this species

This species has 397,838 occurrence records from 40 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (72.9%), Japan (14.3%), South Korea (9.7%) and Cambodia (1.1%); together they account for 97.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.47% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anas poecilorhyncha combines the genus name Anas with the species epithet poecilorhyncha. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Anas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca and Anas acuta.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 59th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 31.3% of the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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