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Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

2,039Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
41Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan439
Feb287
Mar156
Apr122
May95
Jun68
Jul93
Aug73
Sep96
Oct131
Nov238
Dec241

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England234
2Cambridgeshire England198
3Suffolk England92
4Cornwall England62
5Surrey England51
6Lincolnshire England49
7Oxfordshire England43
8Wakefield England43
9Bath and North East Somerset England39
10Warrington England39
11Kent England35
12Somerset England33
13Essex England32
14Nottinghamshire England28
15Gloucestershire England27
2,011 England13 Scotland8 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,039
Peak month
January
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Aythya nyroca
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
268
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aythya
Name with authority
Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q191723 · GBIF 2498259