| Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
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Coto Doñana, Spain The Red-crested Pochard breeds in scattered areas from Spain, around the Mediterranean, through the Black Sea an Turkey to Mongolia and north-west China. While most European populations are sedentary others migrate either to the Mediterranean or to India and south-west China. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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The male has a rusty-orange head and coral-red bill while the female is generally brown with whitish sides to the face and a dark grey bill with pinkish tip. In flight they show broad white wing-bars and the male has white patches on the flanks. | |||
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