Ferruginous Duck Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Aythya nyroca
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Ferruginous Pochard, White-eyed Pochard
Habitat : Freshwater pools, irrigation tanks and lagoons.
Description : The Ferruginous Duck is a dark brown duck with a chestnut head, breast and flanks (adult bird length approximately41 cm, weight 600 g, wing 18.5 cm, bill 3.9 cm, tarsus 3.1 cm, tail 5.5 cm). It feeds on shoots, corms, leaves and seeds of aquatic plants. It also takes worms, water insects and their larvae, crustaceans, molluscs, small fishes and frogs
Other Species from Group
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Anas crecca
(Common Teal) -
Anser anser
(Greylag Goose) -
Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard) -
Sarkidiornis melanotos
(Knob-billed Duck) -
Mergus serrator
(Red-breasted Merganser) -
Sibirionetta formosa
(Baikal Teal) -
Anas acuta
(Northern Pintail) -
Bucephala clangula
(Common Goldeneye) -
Aythya ferina
(Common Pochard) -
Aythya baeri
(Baer's Pochard)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits
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Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Majbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Tomek Tumiel(www.xeno-canto.org/Tomek Tumiel), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Majbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Tomek Tumiel(www.xeno-canto.org/Tomek Tumiel), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.