#0629 · 🐦 birds

Red-crested Pochard

🇳🇱 Krooneend ·Netta rufina

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
2. © Michel NOEL · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
4. © Antonio Xeira · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. Wageningen, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Meijendelseweg, 2243 GN Wassenaar, Netherlands:© Isis Khalil · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Vleuten-De Meern, Utrecht, Netherlands:© Anna Lychakova · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Diemen, Pays-Bas:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

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 Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 436iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,710iNaturalist observations
weight 1.1 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).