A diving duck that feeds on submerged plants 2-3 m down.
From Common Pochard
It went from Least Concern to Vulnerable in 2015 because of rapid declines across its range: it is a clear case of a common species collapsing without anyone noticing.
From Common Pochard
The causes of its decline in Russia are a revealing mosaic: steppe droughts, the abandonment of fish farms that served it as habitat, the hypereutrophication of lakes, the loss of black-headed gull colonies in its wetlands, and the spread of the invasive American mink and raccoon dog.
From Common Pochard
Its decline in the Spanish wetlands began in the middle of the last century with the conversion of lagoons and floodplains, especially the Guadalquivir marshes, though it was probably never very common here.
From Ferruginous Duck
Its scientific name combines the Greek aithuia, a seabird mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius, with the Russian nyrok, meaning pochard.
From Ferruginous Duck
Its conservation in Spain now depends more on what happens in other countries than on what is done here.
From Ferruginous Duck
Its ducklings leap from the tree hole where they hatch straight to the ground, unhurt.
From Common Goldeneye
Egg dumping between females of the same species is extremely common.
From Common Goldeneye

Ecosystems