Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) - HBW 1, p. 615
French: Nette demi deuil
German: Rosenschnabelente
Spanish: Pato Picazo
Other common names: Rosybill
Taxonomy: Anas peposaca Vieillot, 1816, Paraguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Metopiana. Pronounced tendency to hybridize with Netta rufina and other pochards in ornamental wildfowl collections. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Chile, from Atacama to Valdivia; SE South America, from S Brazil and Paraguay southwards to Río Negro, EC Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair preening on the water Locality Wigeon House, Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 6 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
Female standing in the shallows foraging then preening, finally swimming Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 24 October 2008 2 years ago 37 sec 4 -
Male swimming and foraging Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 15 June 2008 2 years ago 20 sec 3.5 -
Two females on a pond and one of them preening. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 13 weeks ago 16 sec 3.4 -
A male preening and then resting on one leg. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 13 weeks ago 26 sec 3.3 -
A male swimming Locality Curitiba Zoo, Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 5 years ago 18 sec 3.3
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Male swimming.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 28 October 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Male swimming.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 8 February 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A male.
Locality San Miguel del Monte (Monte), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Hernán Tolosa 12 June 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult male swimming.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
gemma aznar 29 March 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
An adult female swimming.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Soria 6 March 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A male feeding on the water.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 1 December 2003 29 weeks ago 3.5
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