Ferruginous duck: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ferruginous duck lives – recorded in 50 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aythya nyroca
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	50 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	43 g (birth weight); 583 g (male organism, adult weight); 520 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the ferruginous duck live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ferruginous duck in 50 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In United Arab Emirates, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a ferruginous duck?

Wikidata records the following for the ferruginous duck: mass 43 g (birth weight); 583 g (male organism, adult weight); 520 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the ferruginous duck endangered?

The ferruginous duck’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ferruginous duck?

The ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Aythya. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ferruginous duck

The ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), also known as the ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard, is a medium-sized diving duck native to the Palearctic. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek word, αἴθυιᾰ (aithuia), an unknown seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and the Russian word, нырок (nyrok), the Russian word for pochard, which occurs in the bird's Russian common name.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ferruginous duck (revision 1377646246), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q191723 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).