Red-crested Pochard

What the Red-crested Pochard sounds like

Recorded by Philippe_Grange · Flight call · Arrondissement de Béziers (near Vendres), Hérault, Occitanie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Philippe_Grange · Flight call · Arrondissement de Béziers (near Vendres), Hérault, Occitanie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Pascal Christe · Call · Egnach, Arbon District, Thurgau, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Red-crested Pochard

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-crested Pochard

The map shades 74 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Finland, Canada, Taiwan, Peru, Chile.

About the Red-crested Pochard

The red-crested pochard is a large diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek Netta "duck", and Latin rufina, "golden-red". Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and it extends from the steppe and semi-desert areas on the Black Sea to Central Asia and Mongolia, wintering in the Indian subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalmaThe southern pochard is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta. Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposacaLike many other members of family Anatidae, the rosy-billed pochard exhibits significant sexual dimorphism.