#0761 · 🐦 birds

Ferruginous Duck

🇳🇱 Witoogeend ·Aythya nyroca

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Martin Mecnarowski · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Gianfranco Scagnetti · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Ján Svetlík · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Global Environment Facility · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Julian · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The ferruginous duck , also ferruginous pochard , common white-eye or white-eyed pochard ( Aythya nyroca ) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The scientific name is derived from Greek aithuia an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and nyrok , the Russian name for a duck.

base stats

NL sightings 43iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,836iNaturalist observations
weight 583 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).