BIRDS OF BANDHAVGARH

DUCKS

COMMON POCHARD

RED-CRESTED POCHARD

Netta rufina

NORTHERN Pintail

Anas acuta

SPECIES INFORMATION:

Eggs: 8-10
Incubation: 25 days
Fledging: 50-55 days
Length: 42-49 cm
Wingspan: 72-82 cm
Weight: 700-1100 g

SPECIES INFORMATION:

Eggs: 8-10
Incubation: 26-28 days
Fledging: 45-50 days
Length: 53-57 cm
Wingspan: 84-88 cm
Weight: 900-1,400g

SPECIES INFORMATION:

Eggs: 7-9
Incubation: 22–24 days
Fledging: 40–45 days
Length: 63–70 cm
Wingspan: 80–95 cm
Weight: 550-1,200g

DESCRIPTION

The pochard is a stocky diving duck, smaller than a mallard. The male is pale grey with a rusty red head and neck, and a black breast and tail. The female is brown with a dark head and blotchy cheeks. In flight, birds show a pale grey wing-stripe.

DESCRIPTION

Larger than a pochard, the male has an orange-brown head with a red beak and pale flanks. Females are brown with pale cheeks. In flight they show whitish primaries. They dive, dabble and up-end for their food.

DESCRIPTION

Slightly bigger than a mallard, these long-necked and small-headed ducks fly with a curved back pointed wings and a tapering tail, making this the best way to distinguish them from other ducks.

The drake Pintail has a wavy white stripe extending up the side of his otherwise brown neck, but birds with their necks hidden can still be told by their white chests, grey bodies, black and yellow undertails and of course, the long spiky tails. The female Pintail resembles a sleek female mallard and with both male and female, it is the white trailing edge to the speculum which is most conspicuous.

HABITAT

Breeds on large reed-fringed lakes. Winters on lakes, reservoirs and insheltered bays.

HABITAT

Breeds and winters on well-vegetated lowland lakes and river deltas

HABITAT

Breeds on moorland by lochs and pools, and also in marshes. Winters on estuaries and marshes.

WHERE TO LOOK

WHERE TO LOOK

WHERE TO LOOK