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Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

The Common Pochard is a beautiful duck with a round body and a striking red head. They love to swim in lakes and ponds, diving for tasty plants and small fish.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Pochard is a medium-sized diving duck. Males have a striking reddish-brown head, a black chest, and a pale grey body, with a distinctive blue-grey bill tipped in black. Females are duller brown with a pale facial patch, differing from other ducks by their rounded head and heavy body.

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Common Pochard
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Common Pochard

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A group of pochards is called a 'raft' when on the water!

Common Pochards sometimes lay their eggs in other birds' nests!

Their dense feathers trap air, making them extra buoyant underwater!

They can hold their breath for a full minute while diving for food!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Deep Diver

Common Pochard can dive up to 3 meters underwater that helps them find food on the lakebed.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Forager

Common Pochard has a specially adapted bill that helps them filter and grasp small invertebrates and plant matter.

Fähigkeit

Running Takeoff

Common Pochard needs a long run across the water's surface to gain speed for flight because of their heavy bodies.

Maße und Details

Länge
42-49 cm
Flügelspannweite
72-82 cm
Gewicht
0.7-1.1 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
60 km/h
Gelegegröße
6-12
Brutzeit
24-28 Tage
Zugstrecke
2500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They eat mostly aquatic plants and small creatures found at the bottom of water bodies.

Altersunterschiede: Ducklings initially consume more invertebrates; adults have a greater proportion of plant material in their diet.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aquatic plants
  • Insect larvae
  • Molluscs
  • Small crustaceans
  • Fish eggs
  • Small fish

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes prey on eggs and ducklings.

eaten by

Black-headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

Gulls can snatch eggs from nests.

eaten by

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Large pike can eat young ducklings.

eats

Curled Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

They dive to eat plant parts and seeds.

eats

Spiked Water Milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

Pochards consume stems and leaves underwater.

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Always watch ducks from a distance and don't feed them bread, as it can make them sick.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Pochard?

42-49 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Pochard?

72-82 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Pochard?

0.7-1.1 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Pochard?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Pochard?

60 km/h

Was frisst Common Pochard?

They eat mostly aquatic plants and small creatures found at the bottom of water bodies.

Wo findet man Common Pochard normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Pochard?

Foraging

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