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Photo by Jia-wei
Duck-River, Deyang, Sichuan, China, January 2007

Aythya baeri

[edit] Identification

41-46cm

• Dark back and upper flanks
• White belly
• Blackish head, upper neck
• Chestnut-brown and white flanks
• Whitish eyes

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, China, Inner Mongolia, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, North Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Found on lakes with rich aquatic vegetation. Also in nearby dense grassland and flooded meadows. In winter usually seen on freshwater lakes, rivers and sometimes reservoirs.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The nest is built on a tussock or under shrubs, sometimes floating, and occasionally amongst branches.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International
4. Wikipedia
5. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages