Red Crested and Common Pochard (12.01.2014)
Bird watching tour with AOS (Azerbaijan Ornithological Society) in Absheron National Park. 12.01.2014
Red Crested and Common Pochard and some Tufted Duck, Coots is flying to displacement.
The Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) is a large diving duck. Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa
The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck. Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe into Asia. They are migratory, and winter in the southern and west of Europe.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Record: Elnur Eldunya
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