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Alternative name: Ferruginous Pochard

Photo by Momo
Morges, Switzerland, November 2005

Aythya nyroca

[edit] Identification

• Black-tipped grey bill
• Steep forehead
  

Male

• Reddish-brown plumage
• White under tail
• White eye

Female similar but duller with a brown eye

[edit] Distribution

Discontinuous Palearctic; winters to India, south-east Asia and eastern China.

[edit] Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Florian Andronache
Boldesti Gradistea Lake, Prahova county, Romania, July 2011

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Wet forests, rivers, estuaries and reservoirs and urban lakes.

[edit] Behaviour

Photo by CyberKat
Zasavica Nature Reserve, Serbia, April 2007

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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