Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant, 1769) — also called Comb Duck, African Comb Duck, comb duck. Occurrence records of the Knob-billed Duck are shared on GBIF from around 5 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Mapungubwe National Park (126 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

5reserves with records

139records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) — Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	126
Abelana Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	6
Fairfield PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	3
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2
Austin Roberts PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2

By province

Limpopo: 4 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Sarkidiornis melanotos
GBIF taxon: 2498001
Wikidata: Q426968

More of the Anatidae family

Egyptian Goose Yellow-billed Duck Spur-winged Goose White-faced Whistling Duck African Black Duck Red-billed Teal South African Shelduck Cape Shoveler Cape Teal Southern Pochard Mallard Blue-billed Teal Maccoa Duck White-backed Duck African Pygmy Goose Greylag Goose Fulvous Whistling Duck

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.