The male Baer's Pochard has a glossy greenish-black head and neck, blue-grey beak with black tip, white eyes, rich chestnut-brown breast, upperparts are blackish-brown, wings and tail are dark brown, a white vent, speculum is white tipped with black, the belly is white, the fore-flank is whitish with the rest of the flank being light-brown, and greyish legs and feet.
The male Baer's Pochard has a glossy greenish-black head and neck, blue-grey beak with black tip, white eyes, rich chestnut-brown breast, upperparts are blackish-brown, wings and tail are dark brown, a white vent, speculum is white tipped with black, the
The male in eclipse plumage is very similar to the female but has a darker head and retains the white eyes.
Typical Adult is 41-46cm (16-18in).
Molluscs, shrimps, fish, aquatic insects, algae, aquatic plants and seeds.
Wetlands, vegetated-lakes, ponds, rivers, and reservoirs in the Amur and Ussuri basins in south-eastern Russia and north-eastern China. Winters in south-eastern China, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and also in Korea and Japan.
Mid-May to July.
9 to 15 (yellowish colour).
River Cottage's collection of Pochards changes regularly. Please visit us regularly to keep up-to-date with our flock
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