Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) - HBW 1, p. 616
French: Fuligule milouin
German: Tafelente
Spanish: Porrón Europeo
Other common names: Pochard, European/Eurasian/Northern Pochard
Taxonomy: Anas ferina Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Forms superspecies with A. valisineria. Hybridization with several species of Aythya and Amazonetta brasiliensis recorded in captivity. Monotypic.
Distribution: Iceland and W Europe E through C Asia to SE USSR; scattered populations from Turkey through S Palearctic to NE China and N Japan.
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A male bird paddling with his flippers so the food comes up. Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 4 September 2011 1 year ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A male bird paddling with his flippers so the food comes up. Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 4 September 2011 1 year ago 47 sec 4.4 -
A chick preening Locality Helsinki, Southern Finland Province, Finland
Javier Ortas 28 June 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
A male swimming. Locality Knokke, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 7 April 2010 3 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
Two drakes and a duck preen at edge of lake Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Desmond Allen 27 November 2008 19 weeks ago 23 sec 4.3 -
Two males. Northern shovelers passing by Locality Punta Entinas-Sabinar, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 5 weeks ago 26 sec 4
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Female
Locality Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
Marc FASOL 22 February 2011 22 weeks ago 4.4 -
One male
Locality Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Rémi Bigonneau 23 December 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A wintering male
Locality Prague, Czech Republic
Jonáš Gaigr 25 March 2012 8 weeks ago 4 -
Resident on Kings mill Reservoir
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 20 January 2013 14 weeks ago 4 -
Kings Mill Resevoir resident
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 2 February 2013 14 weeks ago 4 -
A pochard in winter
Locality Crimea Peninsula, Ukraine
lena.avonavi 18 January 2013 15 weeks ago 4
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Two calls of a female followed by two faint calls by a drake Locality London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 21 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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