Madagascar pochard

Description

The Madagascan pochard or Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata;Malagasy: Fotsy maso,Onjo) is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya.Thought to be extinct in the late 1990s,specimens of the species were rediscovered at Lake Matsaborimena in Madagascar in 2006.As of March 2013,the population is around 80 individuals.