Red-crested pochard | bird | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  In pochard
  The drake of the red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) has a puffy yellowish red head with fuzzy erectile crown feathers, black throat and breast, and white sides. This is a more southerly species of inland waters. Mahogany-coloured relatives are the pochards of South America and Africa (N. erythrophthalma).
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reproductive behaviour

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  In anseriform: Reproductive behaviour
  …courtship feeding shown by the red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), the female has to swim to the male to take his “gift.” In most waterfowl, therefore, the nest is constructed of materials on the site within reach of the beak. They are pulled in and dropped sideways over the shoulder, forming…
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