Unggas air (Waterfowl)
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
- tidak umum
- 70 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The male's head looks like it caught fire. Red bill, pumpkin-orange crest, and a habit of dumping eggs in other birds' nests.
- Populasi
- ~300,000-440,000 mature individuals (450,000-660,000 total), stable trend
- Habitat
- Inland deep fresh or brackish reed-fringed lakes, rivers, ponds, and saline/alkaline lagoons in open country, plus estuaries/coastal wetlands on migration and in winter
- Fakta menarik
- Red-crested Pochards seen in Britain are mostly descended from escaped or deliberately released captive waterfowl rather than natural vagrants from the species' core Eurasian range.
- Sebaran
- Breeds from southern/Western Europe through the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Central Asian steppe/semi-desert to Mongolia; winters mainly around the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, with northern populations also moving into North Africa
- Makanan
- Mainly aquatic plants and algae (upending and shallow diving more than most diving ducks), supplemented seasonally by sedges, tape-grasses, seeds, rice, and fungus
- Ukuran
- 0,575 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,875 m
- Masa hidup
- 5 tahun
