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[[Image:Red-crested_Pochard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Roland RIPOLL <br/> Location: Camargue, France]] | [[Image:Red-crested_Pochard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Roland RIPOLL <br/> Location: Camargue, France]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | ====Male==== | |
| − | Rounded orange head | + | *Rounded orange head |
| + | *Red bill | ||
| + | *Black breast | ||
| + | *White flanks | ||
| + | *Brown back | ||
| + | *Black tail | ||
| + | ====Female==== | ||
| + | *Pale brown | ||
| + | *Darker back and crown | ||
| + | *Whitish face | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Southern [[Europe]] and southern and central [[Asia]]. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north [[Africa]]. | Southern [[Europe]] and southern and central [[Asia]]. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north [[Africa]]. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
They feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants, and typically upend for food more than most diving ducks. | They feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants, and typically upend for food more than most diving ducks. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Build a nest by the lakeside among vegetation and lay 8-12 pale green eggs. | ||
| − | + | ==Voice== | |
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<flashmp3>Netta rufina (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Netta rufina (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Netta rufina (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Netta rufina (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 30 December 2007
- Netta rufina
Identification
Male
- Rounded orange head
- Red bill
- Black breast
- White flanks
- Brown back
- Black tail
Female
- Pale brown
- Darker back and crown
- Whitish face
Distribution
Southern Europe and southern and central Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north Africa.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Their breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes.
Behaviour
Diet
They feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants, and typically upend for food more than most diving ducks.
Breeding
Build a nest by the lakeside among vegetation and lay 8-12 pale green eggs.
Voice
<flashmp3>Netta rufina (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
