COMB or KNOB-BILLED DUCK 



SARCIDIORNIS MELANOTA (Pennant) 



(Plate 4) 



Synonymy 

 Anser melanotus Pennant, Indian Zoology, p. 12, pi. 11, 1769. 



Sarkidiornis melanonotus Layard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, vol. 14, p. 268, 1854. 

 Sarcidiornis melanonotus Blyth, Ibis, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 175, 1867. 

 Sarcidiornis melanonota Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 694, pi. 67. 

 Sarkidiornis africana G. R. Gray, Genera Birds, vol. 3, p. 605, no. 2, 1845. 

 Sarcidiornis africana Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. 9, p. 349, 1852. 

 Sarcidiornis melanonotus Lichtenstein, Nomenclator Avium, p. 101, 1854. 



Vernacular Names 



English: 



Comb Duck 

 Knob-billed Duck 

 Black-backed Duck 

 African Humped Duck 



French: 



Canard a bosse 

 Oie cabouc 

 Oie bronzee 



German: 



Hbckergans 

 Glanzgans 

 Bronzeriickige Gans 

 Schwarzruckige Gans 



India: 



Nukta — Hindu 

 Nakwa — Chota Nagpur 

 Naki hansa — Uriya 

 Jutu chilluwa — Telegu 



Do'd sarle haki — Canarese 

 Neer-koli — Coimbatore 

 Tan-bay — Burmese 

 Bowkbang — Karen 



Madagascar: 

 Arosy 

 Ara 



Angongo 

 Sivongo 

 Kaboka 

 Rasana 



Angola: 



Vioto or Ecubo 



Gazaland: 

 Isekwi 



Arabic: 



Wuz el tin 



Wuz abu qadum 



Berkejh 



Teukimbub — Tuareg 



DESCRIPTION 



Adult Male: Head and neck white, spotted with metallic black feathers that coalesce more or less 

 upon the crown, nape and hind neck; lower neck and whole lower plumage white, tinged sometimes 



