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Ferruginous Duck

(Aythya nyroca)
Alternate name(s): "Ferruginous pochard", "White-eyed Pochard", "Common Pochard", "Common White-eye", "Ferruginous White-eye"
German name(s): "Moorente"

Size: 38-42 cm; wing span 63-67 cm
Weight: 400-690 g

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Ferruginous Duck at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

BREEDING

Frontal view of a male Ferruginous Duck in breeding plumage looking sideways; in the background a female Northern Shoveler (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, February 2019]

Near-frontal view of a male Ferruginous Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, February 2019]

Lateral view of a male Ferruginous Duck in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Bois de Vincennes, 12th district, Paris, December 2020]

FEMALE

Lateral view of a female Ferruginous Duck (photo courtesy of K. Paunovic)
[Zasavica park, near Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, July 2007]

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