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A pair of male Indian Spot-billed Ducks clicked at Karanji Lake in Mysore. This duck was described by the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster in 1781. Two subspecies are recognised; Indian and Eastern. The male has a red spot on the base of the bill, which is absent or inconspicuous in the smaller but otherwise similar female. This duck is a resident throughout Pakistan and India in freshwater wetlands. They tend to avoid very large patches of open water and prefer medium-sized wetlands with vegetation cover. They are seen isolated from other species and usually in pairs or small groups and when disturbed they can take off easily and nearly vertically from the water. They were hunted extensively in British India. Natural predators of the ducks include birds of prey and terrestrial predators including pythons and otters.