According to Handbook of the Birds of the World (1992) the Pochard does, and
the Redhead does not, occur in Japan. Exotic ducks are commonly seen around
ornamental ponds, of course.
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Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 7:53 AM
To: martin butterfield; Rob Geraghty
Cc: Canberrabirds
Subject: Birds seen in Japan - video
Rob, you asked for the name (I assume you mean scientific name) of the
Pochard - it is Aythya ferina. Here are a couple of links:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/pochard/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Pochard
Regards
Frank
-----Original message-----
From: martin butterfield
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:33:58 +1100
To: Rob Geraghty
Subject: Birds seen in Japan - video
> Rob
>
> This turned out to be very interesting.
>
> The Field Guide to the Birds of Japan published by the Wild Bird Society
of
> Japan doesn't list the Redhead. I tried to check the WBSJ website in case
> it is a recent addition to the Japanese list but the website is only in
> Japanese.
>
> I next checked avibase (
>
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=3072CC168280168B&se
c=map&zoom=asi)
> which shows the Redhead as present in Rusia and rare/accidental in Japan.
> Checking '"Birds of Russia and adjacent Territories" I did not find the
bird
> listed. It also wasn't listed in the avibase checklist for birds of Asian
> Russia. Redhead was listed as rare/accidental in the avibase checklist
for
> Japan.
>
> All of that being said, comparing the bird in the video with various of my
> US Field guides makes me think it is a Pochard.
>
> Martin
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Rob Geraghty <>
wrote:
>
> > --- On Sun, 1/17/10, <> wrote:
> > > Just to clarify about the
> > > Redhead....Rob replied to me offline and provided this
> > > Wikipedia link to Redhead
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhead_%28duck%29
> > > I didn't know about this American species of duck.
> > > Pochard and Redhead seem to be very similar but the
> > > Pochard's bill is dark at the base as well as the tip -
> > > Redhead only the tip. Pochards occur regularly in
> > > Japan but I don't think that Redheads have been recorded
> > > there.
> >
> > Hi Frank! Again, thanks for your help.
> >
> > The Redhead was on the Wikipedia list of birds of Japan, but perhaps I
can
> > find some better photos of the Pochard if you could give me the species?
> > There's a couple of Pochards on the Wikipedia list, and the bird in my
> > video looked much more like the Redhead than the Pochards I saw on the
Wiki
> > list. I'm not saying that you'r wrong I only want to clarify the
species.
> > :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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