| 21. | The redhead goes by many names, including the red-headed duck and the red-headed pochard.
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| 22. | Some more popular birds found in this region are pintails, white-eyed pochards and lesser whistling ducks.
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| 23. | The African pochard occurs from the Cape to the Ethiopian highlands on water bodies with or without emergent vegetation.
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| 24. | The Madagascar pochard is now critically endangered and no longer found on the lake, although very small numbers exist elsewhere.
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| 25. | The Madagascan pochard, which also lived on Lake Alaotra, was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 2006.
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| 26. | 2007 saw the opening of an aviary near the zoo entrance containing roseate spoonbill, rosybill and red-crested pochard.
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| 27. | They are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as common pochards.
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| 28. | Each winter, over thirty migratory species ( e . g . greylag goose, pochard, teal ) find shelter here.
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| 29. | If so, these birds were probably related to the Madagascar pochard, of which only small numbers are known to remain.
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| 30. | 250px The "'Madagascar Pochard "'is an extremely rare duck species endemic to Lake Matsaborimena, Madagascar.
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