Birds of the World

    ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)  
Genus: Netta (3 species)



Southern Pochard
Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma erythrophthalma) Male
Range: AF, SA: e, se, s AF and Amazonia
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Southern Pochard
Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma erythrophthalma) Female
Range: AF, SA: e, se, s AF and Amazonia
Mar del Plata, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

African subspecies.

Rosy-billed Pochard
Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) Male and Female
Range: SA: Brazil and Paraguay to c Argentina and c Chile
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male in flight.

Red-crested Pochard
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Range: PAL: c, s Europe to n China
San Diego Zoo, California, USA  
 
Photograph by Vic Murayama     Copyright and usage info

Red-crested Pochard
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) Female
Range: PAL: c, s Europe to n China
Garden of the Groves, Lucaya, Bahamas  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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