Common Pochard
A species of Diving ducks Scientific name : Aythya ferina Genus : Diving ducks
Common Pochard, A species of Diving ducks
Botanical name: Aythya ferina
Genus: Diving ducks
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Description
The common Pochard is a mid-sized duck that dives into the water in search of food. It is often seen in reservoirs and lakes edged with reeds. During the winter, the diving duck can even be found in the ocean searching for aquatic plants, small fish, and snails.
Size
42 - 58 cm
Colors
Black
Red
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
10 years
Feeding Habits
Common Pochard primarily consumes aquatic vegetation, supplemented by molluscs, insects, and fish. These diving and dabbling birds are equipped with unique dietary adaptations for underwater foraging.
Habitat
Common Pochard predominantly inhabits freshwater environments such as marshes, lakes, and slow-flowing rivers with ample open water and surrounding emergent vegetation. These habitats are typically eutrophic to neutral, but common Pochard can also breed in saline, brackish, and soda lakes, and occasionally in sheltered coastal bays. During winters, common Pochard prefers larger water bodies like lakes, reservoirs, fishponds, brackish coastal lagoons, and tidal estuaries, ranging from upland oligotrophic lakes to lowland eutrophic waters. Common Pochard's range spans across temperate to northern regions of the Palearctic and includes migratory journeys to southern and western Europe.
Dite type
Aquatic invertebrate eater
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Distribution Area
Their breeding habitat consists of marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe and across the Palearctic. They are migratory, and spend winter in the south and west of Europe. In the British Isles, birds breed in eastern England and lowland Scotland, in small numbers in Northern Ireland with numbers increasing gradually, and sporadically in the Republic of Ireland, where it may also be increasing. While uncommon, individuals are also occasionally seen in the south of England, and small populations are sometimes observed on the River Thames. Large numbers stay overwinter in Great Britain, after the birds retreat from Russia and Scandinavia. 
Species Status
VULNERABLE
Scientific Classification
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