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Ferruginous Pochard
Aythya nyroca
| Armenian Name: | Սպիտակաաչք սուզաբադ |
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| Species Status: | Endangered Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 18 for Ferruginous Pochard and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 38-42 cm, Wing Span:63-67 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 80. |
| Description: | Dark diving duck with white undertail coverts. Males have dark red-brown head, breast, and flanks; white eye. Females browner and duller with dark eye. In flight, wide bright white wing stripe extends almost to tip of wing. |
| Behavior: | Swims high in water often with tail cocked upward. Dives frequently. |
| Habitat: | Vegetated lakes, marshes, rivers. |
| Food: | Aquatic vegetation, invertebrates. |
| Nest: | Platform of reeds lined with down, floating or in reed thicket. |
| Eggs: | 53 mm, 8-11, pale brown. |
