Common pochard

Description

The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band,a red head and neck,a black breast,red eyes and a grey back.The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill-band.The triangular head shape is distinctive.Pochards are superficially similar to the closely related North American redhead and canvasback.Females give hoarse growls.Males have whistles cut off by a final nasal note aaoo-oo-haa.