The pink-headed duck is a probable extinct species of large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains and parts of Maharashtra State of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and in the riveri
Male and female as illustrated by Henrik Grönvold
A defective illustration of the head which misses the nuchal crest.
Painting by Bhawani Das, of a living specimen in the collection of Lady Impey, c. 1777. This accurately records the colour of the legs.
The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water. They are part of Anatidae, the diverse and very large family that in
Female A. australis, the only Australian representative of Aythyinae