Southern Pochard

When to see the Southern Pochard

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

Where to see the Southern Pochard

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 4 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 Colombia, Ecuador, United States, Rwanda.

About the Southern Pochard

The southern pochard is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta. There are two subspecies, the South American (southern) pochard N. e. erythrophthalma and the African (southern) pochard N. e. brunnea.

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Easily confused with

Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposacaLike many other members of family Anatidae, the rosy-billed pochard exhibits significant sexual dimorphism. Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaThe red-crested pochard is a large diving duck.