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When: April 9, 2022

Where: Kölner Zoo Köln/ Cologne, Germany


When they start flapping, things become a little wild and crazy


Species: Common Pochard (Tafeleend)

Latin name: Aythya Ferina

Originates from Europe and across the Palearctic.

Current status: Vulnerable.

Did you know:

…The species is highly sexually dimorphic; the male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, black breast, red eyes and grey back. The female however has a brown head and body, and a narrower grey bill-band. Both have a distinctive triangular head shape.

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