Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)

Other Names (World)
Rosy-billed Pochard, Rosybill

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
53 - 57 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1816)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Paraguay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Uruguay (B).

Central Chile, from Atacama to Valdivia; south-eastern South America, from southern Brazil and Paraguay southwards to Río Negro, east-central Argentina.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) [XC468130]
by id from Estancia La Candelaria, Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina (call)

Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) [XC48344]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Estancia La Verdosa (San Enrique), Partido de 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Argentina (alarm call, female alarm call)

Subspecies
Pronounced tendency to hybridize with Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) and other pochards in ornamental wildfowl collections.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) - 10 files

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