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Southern Pochard
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Ducks & screamers

Southern Pochard

Netta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSouthern Pochard
DutchBruine Krooneend
SpanishPato morado
Chinese灰嘴潜鸭
Sranan Tongodoksi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameNetta erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833)

About this species

The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta. There are two subspecies, the South American (southern) pochard N. e. erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) and the African (southern) pochard N. e. brunnea (Eyton, 1838).

The South American pochard has a fragmented range and is found from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina to Chile. Here it occurs in a wide variety of shallow fresh waters with submerged vegetation, from the lowlands up to 3,700 metres.

The African pochard occurs from the Cape to the Ethiopian highlands on water bodies with or without emergent vegetation. They are suspected to have been strong migrants in the past but the construction of numerous farm dams seems to allow them a more sedentary lifestyle. They reach highest concentrations in Africa's central plateaus and in the south-western winter rainfall region.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnatidae
GenusNetta

In Suriname

4Records in Suriname
1986First record
2002Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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