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The Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) is a bird found in India, Japan and South Korea. Marshes and lakes across the Indian subcontinent. It eats leaves and other plant parts, seeds and nuts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Indian spot-billed duck lives

Marshes and lakes across the Indian subcontinent.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌿 Leaves & plants60%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Indian spot-billed duck

Recorded by Rajgopal Patil (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC571156. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Indian spot-billed duck

Where does the Indian spot-billed duck live?

The Indian spot-billed duck lives in India, Japan and South Korea. Marshes and lakes across the Indian subcontinent.

What does the Indian spot-billed duck eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Indian spot-billed duck endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Yellow-bellied prinia
• Kentish plover
• Eastern spot-billed duck
• White-browed wagtail
• Western swamphen
• Paddyfield pipit

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.