Rosybill

Taxobox
name = Rosybill Pochard
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Netta"
species = "N. peposaca"
binomial = "Netta peposaca"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1816)

The Rosybill or Rosybill Pochard ("Netta peposaca" ["Netta" is Ancient Greek for a duck. "peposaca" is a transcription of the Guaraní name of this species which means "showy wings": "Netta" species have a bright white stripe on their remiges which becomes visible in flight.] )is a duck with a distinctive red bill on males and a slate-colored bill on females. Though classified as a diving duck, this pochard feeds more like a dabbling duck.

The species name "peposaca" is derived from a Guaraní word for "showy wings", referring to the broad white stripe that is only visible with stretched out wings.

The Rosybill is endemic to South America. It is found in Argentina, central Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. The population in southern Argentina migrates northward during the austral winter, reaching Brazil and southern Bolivia. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. [ [http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/s/0AvAnserif/anatidae/1ACrAvAn_netta/Netta_peposaca/Netta_peposaca.html Wildlife Information: "Netta peposaca"] ]

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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