Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri)

Other Names (World)
Baer's Pochard, Baer's White-eye, Siberian White-eye, Asiatic White-eyed Pochard, Eastern White-eyed Pochard

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
41 - 46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Radde, 1863)

Habitat
Lakes with abundant aquatic vegetation, coastal wetlands with dense vegetation, rivers and ponds surrounded by forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (NB), Bhutan (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Hong Kong (China) (NB), India (NB), Japan (NB), Mongolia (NB), Myanmar (NB), Nepal (NB), North Korea (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (NB), Taiwan (China) (NB), Thailand (NB), Vietnam (NB).

Vagrant to Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Central Asian).

South-eastern Siberia and north-eastern China, perhaps northern Korea.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Wetland destruction at its breeding grounds, and hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Considered by some to form superspecies with Hardhead (Aythya australis), Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) and Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Flight, wing pattern like Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca), but white upperwing-band does not extend as far onto outer primaries. Eclipse male resembles female, but retains whitish eyes. Female has combination of domed head without nuchal tuft, contrast between dark head and warm brown breast and white on foreflanks, ruling out Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) and Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula). Juvenile resembles female, but more chestnut-tinged head with darker crown and hindneck and no defined loral patch.

References
See References.

Files:

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