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Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

21,379Records since 2000
MayPeak month
74Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,303
Feb1,608
Mar1,985
Apr2,506
May2,513
Jun1,708
Jul1,239
Aug1,359
Sep1,372
Oct1,464
Nov1,758
Dec1,543

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,919
2Nottinghamshire England1,259
3Lincolnshire England1,148
4Rutland England1,052
5Essex England965
6Oxfordshire England671
7Gloucestershire England619
8Norfolk England243
9East Riding of Yorkshire England238
10Kent England194
11Somerset England168
12Northamptonshire England168
13Nottingham England161
14Suffolk England158
15Surrey England158
21,270 England43 Scotland50 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
21,379
Peak month
May
Counties with records
74
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Netta rufina
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,793
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Netta
Name with authority
Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773)
Described
1773
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q244350 · GBIF 2498180