Red crested pochard

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Beautifully painted, so colourful Pratim.

Thanks Carole Swingler maam ...

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #630... OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...RED CRESTED POCHARD... WATERCOLOUR...A4.. 2016...[From the photograph of MR. Suvadip Chowdhury] ... The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) is a large diving duck. Its breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa. 53–58 cm; male 900–1420 g, female 830–1400 g; wingspan 84–90 cm. Breeding male unmistakable with dark chestnut head becoming rusty gold above. The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange head, red bill and black breast. The flanks are white, the back brown, and the tail black. The female is mainly a pale brown, with a darker back and crown and a whitish face. Eclipse males are like females but with red bills. They are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as common pochards. T