Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Rosy-billed Pochard - Historic records

Order: - Family: Anatidae

24-03-15 © Diego Carús

Rosy-billed pochards in the water, wattled jacanas on the vegetation. Also pied-billed grebe and white-tufted grebe

09-03-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

Another pochard family parasitized by fulvous whistling-duck

08-03-15 © Diego Carús

Ducklings of rosy-billed pochard and fulvous whistling-duck

25-02-15 © Claudia y Diego Bastías

In this pochard family there are two fulvous whistling-duck chicks. The Fulvous Whistling-Duck may dump eggs in other birds' nests of its same species or not. This is not the first time we witness this event. There is a previous record of December 2009. On that occasion also a Rosy-billed Pochard was seen with a Fulvous Whistling-Duck chick among her ducklings.

22-02-15 © Dolores Fernández
02-02-15 © Sergio Cusano
27-01-15 © Sergio Cusano
27-01-15 © Sergio Cusano
24-01-15 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
14-01-15 © Nicolás Giorgio

Impressive number of ducklings in this family. fourteen, though there could be more. The rosy-billed pochard may lay 16 eggs or more. Many pochards have bred in the reserve, but this is the first time we can see such a number of chicks.

03-01-15 © Carlos González Ledo

Several young male rosy-billed pochards can be seen in the pond. If one pays attention we'll see they are in different stages to become male adults. The bill is rosier and the head and neck are darker. And this individual has a wounded wing.

26-12-14 © Carlos González Ledo

This juvenile male is turning black. The bill is rosy and the eye red

15-12-14 © José Alberto Lell
13-12-14 © Dolores Fernández

A juvenile male changing into adult male plumage

22-11-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
18-11-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
24-10-14 © Eduardo Carreyra

10 ducklings

04-10-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Rosybill ducklings to come

12-09-14 © Judith Erica Sandberg
17-05-14 © Ana Palatnik
Total: 339

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