Canvasback (?) from Pakistan. (1 Viewer)

[Azan Khan]

Hello everyone, hope you are well. I found this old photo on a Facebook hunting group. The guy who posted it provided the following details:

"Memorable picture first,duck i hunt,in my hunting life was ringed,canvasback duck 29th october of 2000 in near shahdad kot the ring no is DB-1023343-moskwa"

He also posted an image (of poor quality) showing him holding the duck he claims is canvasback. Can you help me ID it? If it turns out as such it would be the first record for Pakistan. Common Pochard is the a superficially similar species in our country.

Regards,
Azan

 

[Butty]

No reason to think it's a canvasback.

 

[kuzeycem]

Looks too small and dark for a Canvasback to me, though admittedly I haven't got much experience with it. Besides, a Canvasback with a Moscow ring would very likely be an escapee?

 

[THE_FERN]

Shape is wrong and so is neck colour. Not a canvasback

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

It has been confirmed on other forums that the bird was a Pochard.

 

[Azan Khan]

Updates: It was confirmed by Russian ringing centre in email that it was a male Common Pochard.

Thank you everyone for your valuable responses.

Regards,
Azan Khan

 

[jogresh]

Be interesting to know whereabouts in Russia it was ringed..