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Knob-billed Duck
Knobbeleend · Sarkidiornis melanotos
One of Africa's biggest ducks, glossy blue-black above and white below with a spotted head. Breeding males sport a large fleshy knob on the bill. It is mainly a wet-season visitor, arriving with the summer rains to feed and nest in tree cavities, then mostly moving on before winter.
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A large white-and-glossy-black duck; the male carries an unmistakable fleshy black knob on top of his bill.
Where to see it in Kruger
Visits wooded pans, floodplains and dams in the rainy summer months, nesting in tree holes.
Did you know
Only the male grows the strange knob on his bill, and it swells up bigger in the breeding season.
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