The breeding ferruginous duck has a chestnut head, breast and flanks with white undertail coverts and belly. Females are more brown and dull. Males have a yellow eye and females have a dark eye.
 |
| A male with the lighter eye. |
 |
| A male ferruginous duck illustration from Birds of the World. It helps to have a good picture to see what my poor photos are trying to portray. |
 |
| A female. |
 |
| Illustration of a female from Birds of the World. |
I saw some at quite a distance in the Central Range of Kaziranga NP in Assam, India. It is also known as the common white eye, white-eyed pochard and ferruginous pochard.
 |
| A range map from Birds of the World. Light blue is winter and orange is breeding. At the top east side of India, in Assam, where I was, it was wintering. |
I hope to get some better photos of this duck some day.
No comments:
Post a Comment