Unggas air (Waterfowl)
Baer's Pochard
Aythya baeri
- mistis
- 85 km/h
- Kritis
A diving duck on the edge of vanishing, with a green-glossed head only catchable in certain light. Each sighting on a Chinese marsh is logged like a heartbeat.
- Populasi
- Fewer than 1,000 mature individuals globally, likely only 150-700 mature individuals; population trend decreasing sharply (est. 80-100% decline over three generations)
- Habitat
- Freshwater lakes, reservoirs, swamps and ponds; breeds in freshwater habitats with rich aquatic vegetation, dense grass or flooded tussock/shrubby meadows, often near islands and shallow water; winters on open, slow-flowing lakes and reservoirs
- Fakta menarik
- Baer's Pochard is one of the world's rarest ducks; conservation programs including a Beijing Zoo insurance flock have built captive breeding populations aimed at future reintroduction efforts.
- Sebaran
- Historically bred in the Amur/Ussuri basins of southeastern Russia and northeastern China, with the small remnant breeding population now largely confined to central/eastern China (and possibly Mongolia); winters across southern and eastern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand, with vagrancy to Bhutan and the Philippines
- Makanan
- Aquatic plants, grass seeds, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates obtained by diving
- Ukuran
- 0,44 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,745 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,5 tahun
