#1383 · 🐦 birds

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

🇳🇱 Chinese Vlekbekeend ·Anas zonorhyncha

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The eastern spot-billed duck or Chinese spot-billed duck ( Anas zonorhyncha ), is a dabbling duck which breeds in China and Southeast Asia. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck ( A. poecilorhyncha ). The name is derived from the yellow spot on the bill.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,960iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
26,960 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Swinhoe in 1866 (160 years ago).