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Spot-billed Duck: Native of Asia, named for red spots at base of yellow-tipped black bill; subspecies occurring in North America generally lacks these spots. Scaled brown overall with buff face, neck, upper breast. Dark crown, nape, eyestripe. Blue speculum with white borders; orange legs and feet.
● Song: No data available.
● Foraging & Feeding: Spot-billed Duck: Eats aquatic plants, seeds, and snails by dabbling in water with head in water and tail pointed up.
● Breeding & nesting: Spot-billed Duck: Seven to ten white eggs are laid in a nest lined with feathers and down on dry ground on top of a thick pile of moss or grasses. Female incubates eggs from 26 to 30 days.
● Similar species: Spot-billed Duck: Female Mallard has yellow-orange bill with dark mottling and metallic blue speculum with white border. American Black Duck is black-brown overall, yellow bill with black tip and purple-blue speculum with black border.