Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Baer's Pochard

Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri

Described by: Radde (1863)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Feb, 2006 © Harold Stiver  Location unknown - Feb, 2006 © Harold Stiver 
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Range

C. ne. Asia;
Ex. se. Siberia from e. Transbaicalia e. to n. Mongolia and ne. China (Heilungkiang, Kirin and Liaoning), Ussuriland, Amurland, s. Soviet Far East, and perhaps North Korea. Migration through Karze (Kazi) Reservoir in Lhunzhub country, Tibet.
Winters mainly in se. China in the lowlands s. of the Yangtze River to Kwangtung, Taiwan, Indochina and fairly regularly in South Korea and Japan. Smaller numbers sometimes winter further w. and s. to ne. India (Assam, Manipur, Bihar and Bengal), Bangladesh (Haor basin), n. Burma, n. Thailand and Vietnam.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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