Ferruginous Duck).

Red-crested pochard, mallard and ferruginous duck are other duck species that breed in the area.

Birds taken by Prut wildcats include warblers, ferruginous ducks, coots, spotted crakes, and gadwalls.

Upstairs there's a collection of stuffed birds and animals from the locality, including rarer species such as the squacco heron and ferruginous duck.

Among the rarer species recorded are the endangared Baer's Pochard and near-threatened Ferruginous Duck.

As long as water-birds (ferruginous duck, Nyroca n.nyroca, herons Egretta sp.)

The females of Baer's Pochard and the Ferruginous Duck are quite similar, but that holds true for the females of almost all Aythya species.

The Ferruginous Duck, also Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia.

FERRUGINOUS DUCK Aythya nyroca.

At 41-46 cm, it is similar in size and stance to its close relative the Ferruginous Duck (A. nyroca), although the coloration of the drakes (males) is entirely different.

The lake is a notable waterfowl habitat; populations of Great Crested Grebes, Greylag Goose, and the globally near-threatened Ferruginous Duck have been observed there.

Among the important birds in the area are the Little Bittern, Ferruginous Duck, Mute Swan, Western Marsh Harrier, Paddyfield Warbler.

It supports wintering Great Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard and Ferruginous Duck.

Bearded Reedling is the most outstanding characteristic bird, while White-headed duck, Ferruginous Duck and Moustached Warbler are just some listed on the IUCN Red List.

For those with minimal time, the one-day trip around Sofia (€80) takes in Vitosha Nature Park and/or Dragoman Marsh, some 35km west of the capital, where possible sightings include ferruginous ducks, sedge warblers and black woodpeckers.

One mammal (the Arabian oryx), and ten birds (cinereous bunting, corncrake, ferruginous duck, great snipe, greater spotted eagle, houbara bustard, lesser kestrel, pale harrier, sociable lapwing and Socotra cormorant) are treated by the plan as endangered.

Examples are Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Great Bittern, Little Bittern, Pygmy Cormorant and Ferruginous Duck.

The lakeshore reed beds and wetlands provide critical habitat for hundreds of thousands of wintering water birds, including rare and threatened species such as the Dalmatian Pelican, Ferruginous Duck, Swan, Spotted Eagle, and Eastern Imperial Eagle.

Common species include bar-headed goose, grey leg goose, spot billed duck, mallard, gadwall, wigeon, gargany, shoveller, red-crested pochard, common pochard, ferruginous duck, adjutant stork, lesser adjutant stork, open-bill stork, and the white-necked stork.

Birds such as the Lesser White-fronted Goose, Ferruginous Duck, Baer's Pochard duck and Lesser Adjutant, Greater Adjutant, Black-necked Stork, and Asian Openbill stork migrate from Central Asia to the park during winter.

There are colonies of herons and cormorants (including pygmy cormorant), and other species include white-tailed eagle, buzzards, Eurasian sparrowhawks, common spoonbills, western marsh harrier, Montagu's Harrier, red-breasted goose, ferruginous duck, osprey, Wild Goose, stork, heron, woodcock etc.

The forested wetland provides excellent habitat as a waterhole and wildlife corridor for critically endangered and vulnerable species including Bengal tiger, Sloth bear, Smooth-coated otter, One-horned rhinoceros, White-rumped vulture, Pallas's fish-eagle, Lesser Adjutant stork, Ferruginous duck, gharial and Marsh crocodile.

The Ferruginous Duck, also Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia.

FERRUGINOUS DUCK Aythya nyroca.