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Red-crested Pochard

(Netta rufina)
German name(s): "Kolbenente"
Size: 42-49 cm; wing span 67-82 cm
Weight: 700-1100 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Red-crested Pochard at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

BREEDING

Lateral view of a male Red-crested Pochard in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Saint Denis, 10 km North of Paris, France, February 2020]

Lateral view of a male Red-crested Pochard in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Lac de Creteil, Paris, France, February 2021]

Lateral view of a male Red-crested Pochard in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a male Red-crested Pochard in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Dorsal view of a male Red-crested Pochard in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

NON-BREEDING

Close-up lateral view of a male Red-crested Pochards in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[St. James's Park, London, England, September 2019]

Dorsal view of a male Red-crested Pochards in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[St. James's Park, London, England, September 2019]

FEMALE

Frontal view of a female Red-crested Pochard (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Lateral view of a female Red-crested Pochard (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Lateral view of a female Red-crested Pochard (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]

Lateral view of a female Red-crested Pochard (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]

PAIR

BREEDING

Pair of Red-crested Pochards; male in breeding plumage on the left, female on the right (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Pair of Red-crested Pochards; male in breeding plumage on the right, female on the left (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Hagnau, Lake Constance, Germany, April 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a pair of Red-crested Pochards in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a pair of Red-crested Pochards in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]

Dorsal view of a pair of Red-crested Pochards in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]

Mob of Red-crested Pochards in breeding plumage basking in the sun (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Parc Natural de s'Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, May 2023]

NON-BREEDING

Flock of Red-crested Pochards; males in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Unteruhldingen, Lake Constance, Germany, September 2022]

Flock of Red-crested Pochards; males in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Unteruhldingen, Lake Constance, Germany, September 2022]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Dorsal view of a female Red-crested Pochard with a duckling (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, June 2019]

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