Netta erythrophthalma
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta. The South American pochard has a fragmented range and is found from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina to Chile. Here it occurs in a wide variety of shallow fresh waters with submerged vegetation, from the lowlands up to 3,700 metres.
The African pochard occurs from the Cape to the Ethiopian highlands on water bodies with or without emergent vegetation. They are suspected to have been strong migrants in the past but the construction of numerous farm dams seems to allow them a more sedentary lifestyle. They reach highest concentrations in Africa's central plateaus and in the south-western winter rainfall region.
Two syntype specimens of Nyroca brunnea Eyton (Monogr. Anat., 1838, p.161., pl.23.), the African Southern Pochard, are held in the vertebrate zoology collections of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession numbers NML-VZ D832 (male adult) and NML... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 9 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Cologne Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Duisburg Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Cologne Zoo Aquarium | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pochard sighting in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 334 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pochard in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Pochard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Southern Pochard sightings, Moremi Game Reserve ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Arusha National Park (Tanzania, about 40%), Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 10%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Anatidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Pochard that you can see in Moremi Game Reserve (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are Egyptian Goose (about 50%), Spur-winged Goose (about 40%) and White-faced Whistling Duck (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Pochard is recorded against all the birds logged in Moremi Game Reserve (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
