8-3-2023 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

2-3-2022 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

28-2-2022 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

9-12-2021 CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

9-12-2021 CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

3-11-2021 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

24-5-2021 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

 

29-3-2021 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7122-Netta-rufina

 

12-2-2020 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

23-10-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

29-7-2019 ISABEL CATOLICA PARQUE GIJON, ASTURIAS - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

19-9-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE)

19-9-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

13-9-2017 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

25-9-2015 ULLAL DE BOLDOVI, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) is a large diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek Netta "duck", and Latin rufina, "golden-red" (from rufus, "ruddy"). Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and it extends from the steppe and semi-desert areas on the Black Sea to Central Asia and Mongolia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa.

The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange head, red bill and black breast. The flanks are white, the back brown, and the tail black. The female is mainly a pale brown, with a darker back and crown and a whitish face. Eclipse males are like females but with red bills. They are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as common pochards. They feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants, and typically upend for food more than most diving ducks.

Red-crested pochards build nests by the lakeside among vegetation and lay 8–12 pale green eggs. The birds' status in the British Isles is much confused because there have been many escapes and deliberate releases over the years, as well as natural visitors from the continent. However, it is most likely that they are escapees that are now breeding wild and have built up a successful feral population. They are most numerous around areas of England including Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and also spotted in Leicestershire.

21-6-2016 BIOPARC,VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

23-3-2016 MARJAL DEL MORO, SAGUNTO - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)