pochard in English
noun
1
a diving duck, the male of which typically has a reddish-brown head and a black breast.
More than 70 varieties of birds breed on and around the lake, including the famous ospreys, tufted ducks, goldeneyes, coots, pochards , mallards and widgeons.
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1. Black head and neck separate drake from similarly patterned drake Pochard.
2. On account of their shape, the fruits belong to the C3 type under the Pochard classification.
3. Canvasback, (Aythya valisineria), bay duck, or pochard, of the family Anatidae, one of the most popular of game birds
4. The pochard breeding programme is part of a joint project to save the bird by Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), the Peregrine Fund, Asity Madagascar and the island's government.